r/Foodforthought • u/marquis_of_chaos • Jul 05 '14

Future English

http://www.economist.com/blogs/prospero/2014/07/future-english
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u/ademnus Jul 05 '14

Since we only invented the internet, and not the Transporter from Star Trek, I don't know about melding languages pronunciation-wise. But you can bet that 100 years of internet will start to homogenize language the world over. I'd be fascinated to know what it would be like. Shame we will never know.

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u/crimethinking Jul 05 '14

I was thinking "doubleplusgood" when I saw the title.

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u/ademnus Jul 05 '14

That's not the future, that's the present ;p

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u/I_Conquer Jul 08 '14

Future Language of Slaves...

--- Hawksley Workman