Is the English language in transition?

Guest   Thu Jul 24, 2008 1:20 pm GMT
No other language has seen the meteoric rise that English is currently having. What was once mainly a language of rural English villages has now been transformed into a global language that people in every part of the world want to learn to get ahead. How do you think this new status is affecting or shaping the language now, if at all, and how do you think it will in the future?
Guest   Thu Jul 24, 2008 4:20 pm GMT
Yes
Guest2   Fri Jul 25, 2008 10:27 am GMT
No
Guest   Sat Jul 26, 2008 3:07 pm GMT
"No other language has seen the meteoric rise that English is currently having. What was once mainly a language of rural English villages has now been transformed into a global language that people in every part of the world want to learn to get ahead. How do you think this new status is affecting or shaping the language now, if at all, and how do you think it will in the future?"

We take you now to 117 A.D.:

No other language has seen the meteoric rise that Latin is currently having. What was once mainly a language of rural Italian villages has now been transformed into a global language that people in every part of the world want to learn to get ahead. How do you think this new status is affecting or shaping the language now, if at all, and how do you think it will in the future?
Abamo   Sat Jul 26, 2008 3:07 pm GMT
"No other language has seen the meteoric rise that English is currently having. What was once mainly a language of rural English villages has now been transformed into a global language that people in every part of the world want to learn to get ahead. How do you think this new status is affecting or shaping the language now, if at all, and how do you think it will in the future?"

We take you now to 117 A.D.:

No other language has seen the meteoric rise that Latin is currently having. What was once mainly a language of rural Italian villages has now been transformed into a global language that people in every part of the world want to learn to get ahead. How do you think this new status is affecting or shaping the language now, if at all, and how do you think it will in the future?
Guest   Sat Jul 26, 2008 3:07 pm GMT
"No other language has seen the meteoric rise that English is currently having. What was once mainly a language of rural English villages has now been transformed into a global language that people in every part of the world want to learn to get ahead. How do you think this new status is affecting or shaping the language now, if at all, and how do you think it will in the future?"

We take you now to 117 A.D.:

No other language has seen the meteoric rise that Latin is currently having. What was once mainly a language of rural Italian villages has now been transformed into a global language that people in every part of the world want to learn to get ahead. How do you think this new status is affecting or shaping the language now, if at all, and how do you think it will in the future?
Abamo   Sat Jul 26, 2008 5:33 pm GMT
My apologies!

The last three postings were all mine. Not sure why this happened.
Guest   Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:47 pm GMT
I see your point, but Latin didn't have the global reach that English enjoys today. Besides, written classical latin was nothing like the spoken everyday latin.