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Has there ever been an instance where English has been replaced by another language?

Posted by loosilu (aka loosilu2) Apr 8 '11, 10:27

There might be, I just can't think of any.
One of the reasons English is so successful is that it absorbs other languages. It's like an amoeba that way. When left undisturbed, English always comes out perfectly fine, with some new vocabulary.

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Island -- nm - Danedukenuuk Apr 8, 10:59
The fact about this that I find it silly to get worked up about is that languages that are rigid and static die. - Reagen Apr 8, 10:39 5
- 4 realz yo, lol....nm - x Apr 8, 10:43 4
  - In one sense, it's the new Cockney Rhyming Slang, but in another, it inhibits communication and it's annoying. - Reagen Apr 8, 10:45 2
    - I don't see it inhibiting. It seems to make texting easier. -- nm - loosilu Apr 8, 10:52
    - i don't really agree. it mostly just enhances communications within the tribe of the young. freaking out oldsters is just part of the package....nm - x Apr 8, 10:48
  - me too. it's evolutoin. -- nm - loosilu Apr 8, 10:43
Quebec? -- nm - Mop (211 lbs) Apr 8, 10:36 4
- it was never replaced by English, and there are laws in place to try to preserve French. -- nm - loosilu Apr 8, 10:37 3
  - sorry, to clarify the first part: English wasn't there in the first place, so it was not replaced by French. -- nm - loosilu Apr 8, 10:37 2
    - 18th, 19th, and early 20th century Montreal businessmen and politicians would disagree. - Mop (211 lbs) Apr 8, 10:42 1
      - oh, like Montreal is typical of the province. -- nm - loosilu Apr 8, 10:42
San Diego? -- nm - Jim Apr 8, 10:31 2
- which of course in German means "whale's vagina" -- nm - Kim Pine Apr 8, 10:32 1
  - Your getting your linguistic lessons from Boston Rob, aren't you? -- nm - Mop (211 lbs) Apr 8, 10:43
LIR your comment on HK and her language/moving. I think she should have learned enough to get by where she was. but she always was staying short-term - sycor Apr 8, 10:30 4
- she said she hasn't learned any French. -- nm - loosilu Apr 8, 10:31 3
  - is she moving there and staying there? or just a temporary thing again? - sycor Apr 8, 10:33 2
    - if I visit somewhere for a week, I learn some phrases. she's there for a year. -- nm - loosilu Apr 8, 10:33 1
      - shame on her. she needs to learn some french. -- nm - sycor Apr 8, 10:35
Resistence is futile. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 8, 10:29
post-colonial India -- nm - znufrii Apr 8, 10:28 4
- you mean that place where English is one of the official languages? - loosilu Apr 8, 10:29 2
  - okay, I didn't know if it was still official or not -- nm - znufrii Apr 8, 10:30 1
    - by necessity, really. -- nm - loosilu Apr 8, 10:30
- ? -- nm - znufrii Apr 8, 10:29

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