https://freerepublic.com/tag/2104/ en-us Fri, 9 Dec 2005 15:46:00 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1537133/posts In the Year 2104 -- Americans Will Speak a New Kind of English Like other major languages in history, American English as we know it will be transformed by the diverse communities seeking to retain their own identities in the United States By Franz Schurmann, Pacific News Service What will Americans be like linguistically in a century from now? Given that America will still be a world-spanning empire and civilization, we can look for cultural clues in earlier empires and civilizations. Dialects are variants of established languages. Pidgins are amalgams of two languages. English is a pidgin. In the 14th... IMdiversity.com https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1537133/posts#comment Fri, 9 Dec 2005 15:46:00 GMT