have other languages spoken in the usa been as b*sterdised at much as the english language?

Question

just wondering.

Answer 1

Bast@rdized? USA English
b a s t @ r d i Z e d is the correct spelling LOL

They sure have done a good job on it.

I would imagine, if you only speak Ethiopian, and enough English to get by, your Ethiopian would remain fairly pure because languages to not translate word for word.

But once that Ethiopian speaking teen hits the streets who knows what will happen?

Quebecois does NOT sound at all like Parisian French. It is like comparing Cockney with the Queen's English.

Answer 2

It depends what you mean by bastardized. I prefer to think of it as an evolution. If the English language wasn't changing constantly, it would be a dead language just like Latin.

Words drop in and out of the English language constantly - I have on my desk a calendar with a different "lost" word for every day of the year.

I don't speak Spanish but have no doubt that it's undergoing its own evolution in the United States as well.

Answer 3

Spanish too falls into the category. You have spanish speaking folks from Puerto Rico, Mexico, Dominican Republic, etc. that they mixed regional words together. It's amazing how Americans use the English language compared with the English. Here in the states, we say we butcher the English language and add our own flavor to it sounding nothing like Shakespeare but more like the deli owner at the local store.

Answer 4

Just English because no other language is spoken widely enough to become dramatically changed. South American Spanish is very different to European Spanish but it is not a bad thing, it sounds nice and quaint.

Answer 5

Just English. Take Shoshoni, for example, in the western US. It is one language from Lida, Nevada to Wind River, Wyoming, but there are at least three different writing systems in use in different parts of the territory, and when you ask one band if they would like to adapt the writing system or materials of the neighboring band in order to not start from scratch, their response is almost always "NO".

Answer 6

While we are on messing up the language - b*stardised is the correct spelling (obviously without the star) ;-)

Answer 7

Have you heard the Dominicans speak Spanish?

Answer 8

Puerto Rican "Spanglish" is pretty bad and it´s a bastardization of both languages.

Answer 9

Any language that is not dynamic tends to die out.

Answer 10

Just english others well I won't go there.