Sharks are called the "Lions of the sea" even though there are creatures called Sealions.
Lions are called "The King of the Jungle" even though they live on the plains.
Camels are called "Ships of the desert" and pigeons are called "Rats of the skies".
Any scandal reported on TV has the word "Gate" tacked on the end of it, even though the Watergate was the name of a hotel in a particular case
So, time to start a new language. If so what shall we call it.
2007-12-21 01:27:16 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Its hard enough keeping up with English as it is, it would be far harder to start a new language.
To answer your question, we should start one called "the language." That way we can make it sound official, no matter where you go.
You also forgot that dogs are called "a man's best friend," but I don't think there are many that would say that about their's.
Also, diamonds are called "a girl's best friend," but most of them wouldn't say it either.
2007-12-21 01:30:51 · answer #1 · answered by Yun 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Esperanto
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperanto
2007-12-21 01:34:33 · answer #2 · answered by Damocles 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
English is the bastard child of a few different languages with a bit of this or that thrown in here and there. Language itself is fluid. Language is different region to region, generation to generation, etc. In some places language differs between villages. Americans haven't done anymore to the English language than anyone else that speaks English.
2016-05-25 07:17:01 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a teacher. It is hard enough teaching a language that has been around for several hundred years. They made a perfect language with no irregularities that is easy to learn. It is called Espiranto. No one speaks it. English is the universal language. Best of luck on getting people to speak something else.
2007-12-21 01:32:53 · answer #4 · answered by Jack Flanders 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do not think this stance has any legitimacy. English itself was "bastardized" from the beginning. Almost all languages today owe their humble start to Latin, which in turn is derived from something else - so on and so forth on down the line ending in the primitive, guttural noises of cavemen.
2007-12-21 01:39:07 · answer #5 · answered by Coley B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What do you mean by 'Bastardized'? The English language, like many others, has its set of anomalies (admittedly a larger number of exceptions exist than rules), but that does not imply any 'bastardization' of the language, does it?
2007-12-21 01:34:46 · answer #6 · answered by megha 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Call it English. If you used proper English nobody would recognize it and they would be like "Wow, that is neat". When in fact all you did was prounounce and spell things the way they are supposed to be done!
2007-12-21 01:30:28 · answer #7 · answered by Irishjaymass 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We have already bastardized the language. Lets call it "Farkel".
2007-12-21 01:39:54 · answer #8 · answered by Hirise bill 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I shall name it after you.
2007-12-21 05:03:11 · answer #9 · answered by CLOSED 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋