John On Web Stuff » Just for fun http://blog.geekyjohn.com My take on web things. Sometimes witty. Sharing of stuff. Tue, 06 Apr 2010 11:26:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 8 Sites for Watching English Evolve http://blog.geekyjohn.com/2008/11/8-sites-for-watching-english-evolve/ http://blog.geekyjohn.com/2008/11/8-sites-for-watching-english-evolve/#comments Thu, 27 Nov 2008 06:26:53 +0000 John http://blog.afterlight.net.au/?p=69 In one of my favorite television shows, “Futurama,” there is a running gag that in the future, the word “ask” has been replaced by the more colloquial “aks” (pronounced axe). It might be a long time before the accepted spellings and pronunciations of common words like “ask” change, but the joke highlights a very real aspect of language: it evolves. The English language has changed a lot over the past 150 years, for example, in both spelling, pronunciation, and addition and subtraction of words. SitePoint » 8 Sites for Watching English Evolve.

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