For today's class we had to read the text "and now..." from our script, which basically provides some information about English, its changes and how other languages such as "Singlish"(Singapore English) are formed. It is said that "untouched and pure" English will solely be spoken by a minority in the future. The acceptance of different Englishes increases, which means that not everything has to be put into "correct and proper" English.
According to scholars, the reason for this might be that the steadily growing number of L2 speakers ( people for whom English is the second language), will shape and forge new forms of English.
However, a new form of English hast just appeared, called Text English. Acutally it was used as a parody, but now has found its way into a used language- text messaging. I'd like to give some examples: Hr tcher 4t it was nt so gr8! (Her teacher thought it was not so great) or 2 mny wds & trs? ( too many words and letters)
Another paragraph discusses dictionaries like slang, dialect, humorous or business dictianaries, but also new words that are knocking on the door to be admitted.
Here some examples of those words which you will propbably will find next in your dicionaries:
- Gaydar: an intuitive sense that enables someone to identify wether another person is gay
- Zorse: an animal that is a hybrid of a zebra and a horse
- Gayby: a baby born to a surrogate mother in behalf of a gay couple
- nestspionage: the theft of confidental information by abuse of the Internet
To end up, I give you a sentence to think about: "The use of the English langugae is enslaving and a danger to native tongues"
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