Is a second language part of your preps?

I make up words to describe an object.
Popcow
Bou'lon
Boo'let
Pumkin-ball
All mean one thing to me, Bullet

 

With the spread of marriage equality across the globe....Polari might become the future Lingua Franca! How gay would that be! Yet another obscure language that may enjoy a renaissance in society.

Polari - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

I hope not. Some cultural traditions should die out. They can drop Polari into the same dust bin as Ebonics.

 

Spanish, I speak it okay, my dads family is hispanic and where I live there are plenty of spanish speakers.

 

That's a little harsh tulian...there's probably a Phd or three in comparative linguistics in either argot ya know!

 

Ebonics "My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard, they're like, it's better than yours, damn right its better than your, i could teach you, but I'd have to charge.
Improper translation. Not culturally accurate. Allow me:

Ebonics "My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard, (da homeys dun did run up on me , damn! )they're like, it's better than yours, (dis da shitz!)damn right its better than your (yo ain't got no sheeit) , i could teach you, but I'd have to charge. (I could learn ya good, by popping a cap in yo a$$) (you don't know nothin.)

Around here, Robbin hood, means stealing from your neighbors, and there ain't no merry men, they moved to San frans's disco.

 

I've no doubt that a room full of Phds could expound endlessly upon the historical and social relevance of either of these bastardizations of the English language; however, I do not expect a great deal of intelligence out of most academics. English is screwed up enough, without intentionally mangling it further. Just look at what the Aussies have already done to it.

 

The further the distance in time, space and culture a language is exported, the further the pristine quality of the original language is degraded, particularly if the language is adulterated by the dominant pop culture of other places. Perfectly good Australian expressions have unfortunately been replaced by the Dialogue of American soaps, sitcoms and Hollywood juvenilia.

The way the world is going, we'll probably all be speaking Chinglish or Mandarin Chinese in the not too distant future, so any linguistic jingoism concerning the purity of English is probably going to be moot.

 

The embedded link was but a mouse-click away. Urban Dictionary: ebonics

 

When I poke fun at someone for adulterating the English language, I am definitely throwing rocks from my two-story glass house, growing up, as I did, speaking the extreme southern dialect of American-English. My first extended visit to England convinced me that I hadn't been speaking "English" at all. I could totally stop conversation in a small pub by opening my mouth. It took years before I could even pass as a Canadian.

Linguistics, while perhaps not the most important survival consideration, is worth taking into account; and not only for the communication aspect, though that would be primary. Linguistics affect us every day in ways of which we may not be consciously aware. Think about how various accents are perceived by yourself, and by others. If someone approaches you for assistance, after their appearance, the first thing that you notice about them is their accent. How you react to them, may very well be influenced by their accent.

A young man approaches you, dressed non-nondescriptly in jeans and a tee shirt, seeking assistance. He's well-spoken, good enunciation, no accent to speak of. A second young man, same age and ethnicity as the first, wearing similar clothing, approaches you. This one though uses the vernacular of the "hood," with all the associated gestures and body language. Are you as likely to provide assistance to the second young man as the first?

Consciously or not, we immediately make judgements about individuals based on their vocabulary and accent. In America, a person with a British accent is usually perceived as intelligent, and sophisticated; while a person with a Slavic or Middle Eastern accent is often perceived as less intelligent, less sophisticated. It matters not whether they are a mindless thug, or a physics professor, their accent will provide the first piece of information used to make an appraisal of the individual.

And people make those same judgements about us, based on our dialect and vocabulary. Much talk is devoted to being the "gray man," to not standing out in a crowd, particularly in a post-SHTF environment. The cloak of blandness can quickly be ripped away when you find yourself in an unfamiliar neighborhood and open your mouth to speak, and what comes out doesn't sound like everyone else's words. How you speak could, in some situations, be as important as what clothes you are wearing by instantly marking you as an outsider. Something to consider.