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loyalsister

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23. Depends on how far you want to go

Reply to Bandit (Original post)

Tue Jan 3, 2012, 03:00 PM

Jan 2012

A lot of states, cities, and towns would have to be renamed.
The Native American names
Iowa, The Dakotas.....
Practically the entire southwest.
Las Cruses, Las Vegas, San Diego, San Francisco, Los Angeles

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This message was self-deleted by its author HereSince1628 Jan 2012 #1

English ONLY would definitely require getting rid of some words arcane1 Jan 2012 #2

Some still call English (UK) the bastard tongue, composed of many languages. freshwest Jan 2012 #3

Just out of curiosity, enlightenment Jan 2012 #7

This might be different than what freshwest is talking about... arcane1 Jan 2012 #9

Yes, those are the kinds I am talking about. They're in CT, CA, NY. freshwest Jan 2012 #15

Ah - okay. enlightenment Jan 2012 #24

I haven't seen it. It's usually a rightwing claim. I can't find proof of that. freshwest Jan 2012 #25

I'm not concerned with English 'going away' enlightenment Jan 2012 #27

Excellent post. But the RW has run on the fear of that for a generation. freshwest Jan 2012 #28

This message was self-deleted by its author freshwest Jan 2012 #11

This message was self-deleted by its author HereSince1628 Jan 2012 #12

Lived in SoCal all my life; a lot of my English is Spanish... Magoo48 Jan 2012 #4

All languages MichaelMcGuire Jan 2012 #5

At one point, Illinois came close to declaring "American" its official language. KamaAina Jan 2012 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author Obamanaut Jan 2012 #8

Like everything, languages evolved and continue to evolve. Languages are flexible, not static Sarah Ibarruri Jan 2012 #10

To further MichaelMcGuire Jan 2012 #13

Very interesting! Thank you. nt Sarah Ibarruri Jan 2012 #14

Interesting: 'biggest influence on UK English is American English' freshwest Jan 2012 #16

I can speak 3 MichaelMcGuire Jan 2012 #17

You're spot on - there's English and english. mwooldri Jan 2012 #18

Great explanation! Thank you! Current and old versions of English are so many! nt Sarah Ibarruri Jan 2012 #19

I think that we do need a basic common language Marrah_G Jan 2012 #20

Some claim American English is the language of world commerce, so it may be here now. freshwest Jan 2012 #21

I know its also used by all pilots. Marrah_G Jan 2012 #22

Depends on how far you want to go loyalsister Jan 2012 #23

English is a weird language. Part Germanic, annabanana Jan 2012 #26