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> The drive to create a unique cultural identity separate from other, existing identities: I don't think that it's a drive, it just happens. Language is cultur
by deltron3030 8y ago
> The drive to create a unique cultural identity separate from other, existing identities:
I don't think that it's a drive, it just happens. Language is cultural exchange, and if the only entry point for a word is some stranger with a spelling mistake, you'll then build upon that spelling mistake and incorporate it into your own vocabulary. The languages and dialects formed in times when most people couldn't read or write.
- mmjaa 8y agoI see dialects in the current zeitgeist changing, at rapid clip, in groups of literate people all the time. It happens in tech, with programming languages - which, face it, fundamentally all describe the same thing, just using different cultural norms.
- emodendroket 8y agoIt is in the nature of language to change and it has done so since time immemorial. Sorry.