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Juаn
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Message 65 of 85

20 December 2010 at 5:56pm | IP Logged

I wouldn't change anything. Idiosyncrasies make languages distinct and interesting.
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tritone
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Message 66 of 85

21 December 2010 at 10:06pm | IP Logged

I would re-anglicize English.

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tritone
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Message 67 of 85

21 December 2010 at 10:13pm | IP Logged

Sierra wrote:

I'd bring "thee," "thy," "thine," and "thou" back into English. "Hither" and "whither"
are welcome, too.

They just sound so nice.

Those are modern English words. There's nothing keeping you from using them. At most you'll just sound funny to some people.

I see words like "hitherto" in writing all the time.
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CheeseInsider
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Canada
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Message 68 of 85

28 December 2010 at 4:24am | IP Logged

Umm... I want for English to go through all the consonant shifts that German did.

Edited by CheeseInsider on 28 December 2010 at 4:24am
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Bao
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Message 69 of 85

28 December 2010 at 5:24am | IP Logged

CheeseInsider wrote:

Umm... I want for English to go through all the consonant shifts that German did.

That ... would result in a really sissy sounding German.
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CheeseInsider
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Message 70 of 85

28 December 2010 at 7:50am | IP Logged

Bao wrote:

CheeseInsider wrote:

Umm... I want for English to go through all the consonant shifts that German did.

That ... would result in a really sissy sounding German.

No it wouldn't... It would sound like a German speaking English with a heavy accent.
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Jinx
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Message 71 of 85

17 February 2011 at 9:39pm | IP Logged

Kuikentje wrote:

Iversen wrote:

I'm sick and tired of having to say "he" and "she" - English (and a lot of other languages including my own) are in dire need of a gender neutral pronoun. Or flip a coin to decide which one of the two has to go.

Yes, it's better to have one word for "he and / or she" because it's absolutely annoying to not have this. Like the English's "Ms" for "Miss and / or Mrs".

It's useful and nice to have the possibility to precise which, but also to have the word for both. In my opinion it must end "e" because "he, she, we" end "e" and in addition it must be a word which isn't in English still, therefore it can be something like: "dle" "shghee" or "vze"

There's already a gender-neutral personal pronoun in English, although it's a relatively new invention (I think, but don't quote me on that) and is certainly not widespread. It's "ze". I have several friends who don't identify as either male or female and prefer to be referred to as ze. I think it's cool – it sounds pretty natural and on the page it's clearly not anything else.
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