Where do new words come from? - Marcel Danesi
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Date: 2020-08-22
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TH
English has borrowed so many words from other languages throughout its history that nearly half of its vocabulary comes directly from other languages
Vietnamese: Thats cute
(Our vocabulary consists of about 70-80% Chinese but written in Latin characters. Because China ruled us for more than a thousand years, our writing system was heavily influenced by Chinese, until the 17th century, when Europeans came here to promote Christianity, they need a different writing system so that the job can be done more easily. So they started writing Vietnamese in Latin, and now, Latin is the national alphabet in Vietnam. But though the words are written in Latin, they still resembles Chinese. You can easily see the similarities between our vocabulary and the Chinese pinyin, which is Chinese written in Latin)
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English has borrowed so many words from other languages throughout its history that nearly half of its vocabulary comes directly from other languages
Vietnamese: Thats cute
(Our vocabulary consists of about 70-80% Chinese but written in Latin characters. Because China ruled us for more than a thousand years, our writing system was heavily influenced by Chinese, until the 17th century, when Europeans came here to promote Christianity, they need a different writing system so that the job can be done more easily. So they started writing Vietnamese in Latin, and now, Latin is the national alphabet in Vietnam. But though the words are written in Latin, they still resembles Chinese. You can easily see the similarities between our vocabulary and the Chinese pinyin, which is Chinese written in Latin)
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PaszerDye
English will continue to acquire more new words, but I'm almost certain that it won't be changing any more, unlike with the transition from Old English to Middle, Middle to Modern, and the Great Vowel Shift. Languages change because new ways of talking slowly seep their way into habit while the old ways are forgotten. But since the internet constantly reminds us how English sounds and so much of the world we live in present requires us to know it, such as law, technology, and entertainment, Modern English as we know it has taken root, and will likely remain the same for a very long time. It would take a global upheaval to upturn English and cause a new language to take its place.
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English will continue to acquire more new words, but I'm almost certain that it won't be changing any more, unlike with the transition from Old English to Middle, Middle to Modern, and the Great Vowel Shift. Languages change because new ways of talking slowly seep their way into habit while the old ways are forgotten. But since the internet constantly reminds us how English sounds and so much of the world we live in present requires us to know it, such as law, technology, and entertainment, Modern English as we know it has taken root, and will likely remain the same for a very long time. It would take a global upheaval to upturn English and cause a new language to take its place.
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bla
Where do new words come from?
From americans.
I have never seen a nation with more words invented per year than the american nation. And I'm not saying it like it's a good thing. Inventing stuff is recommended and a reputable thing, but hacking words just so you can seem cooler, or - worse - to avoid copyright infringement is never a good thing. Actually, copyrighting words is never a good thing, because if this goes on mankind will eventually be forbidden to use any words at all once all words in the dictionary have been copyrighted / trademarked. Which leads to tyrany, which is what successful american corporations are aiming for anyway. Sad, really.
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Where do new words come from?
From americans.
I have never seen a nation with more words invented per year than the american nation. And I'm not saying it like it's a good thing. Inventing stuff is recommended and a reputable thing, but hacking words just so you can seem cooler, or - worse - to avoid copyright infringement is never a good thing. Actually, copyrighting words is never a good thing, because if this goes on mankind will eventually be forbidden to use any words at all once all words in the dictionary have been copyrighted / trademarked. Which leads to tyrany, which is what successful american corporations are aiming for anyway. Sad, really.
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MC
Japanese has such a funny way of transliterating English loanwords into the many Japanese scripts, and when we transliterate them back into our Latin alphabet, dragon becomes doragon and software probably becomes sofotawaru.
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Japanese has such a funny way of transliterating English loanwords into the many Japanese scripts, and when we transliterate them back into our Latin alphabet, dragon becomes doragon and software probably becomes sofotawaru.
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MC
Memes in 2010: The girl in the back was murdered by the girl in the front. Share this picture to 5 people in the next 5 minutes or she will murder you too.
Memes in 2020: _lIkE tHiS pIcTuRe To InStAnTlY dIe_
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Memes in 2010: The girl in the back was murdered by the girl in the front. Share this picture to 5 people in the next 5 minutes or she will murder you too.
Memes in 2020: _lIkE tHiS pIcTuRe To InStAnTlY dIe_
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Minna
I read wrong, I thought it said som kind of mixture between where do new nerds come from and where do [the] word nerd come from. Not sure what it says about me that I happily pressed it anyway
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I read wrong, I thought it said som kind of mixture between where do new nerds come from and where do [the] word nerd come from. Not sure what it says about me that I happily pressed it anyway
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kids
If you would have asked me before I watched this video, I would have said they come from Dictionopolis. One who has read the book Phantom Tollbooth, he/she would know about it
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If you would have asked me before I watched this video, I would have said they come from Dictionopolis. One who has read the book Phantom Tollbooth, he/she would know about it
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Jacobius
The word clue is a variation of the word clew which was yarn used so people could find their way out of mazes.
Yh I googled it so you dont have to.
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The word clue is a variation of the word clew which was yarn used so people could find their way out of mazes.
Yh I googled it so you dont have to.
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u8f7
The best part is that since autological describes words that describe themselves, autological also describes itself. Autological is autological
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The best part is that since autological describes words that describe themselves, autological also describes itself. Autological is autological
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Shudhesh
And in the year 3017 linguists attempt to trace the origins of an enigmatic word known only from ancient twitter texts called covfefe.
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And in the year 3017 linguists attempt to trace the origins of an enigmatic word known only from ancient twitter texts called covfefe.
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