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Originally Posted by Damien
I remember reading that the American language has actually evolved less than the English one since the war of independence. That is, American English is closer to traditional English than British English is.
The 'preservation' of the English language is a futile exercise anyway. That's not how it works. Words only become part of the mainstream is there is mass adoption, a minority cannot enforce linguistic change on everybody else. How would you protect it anyway? bAn words not in the English dictionary?
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As I said, I'm against the
rapid evolution of our language.
And I didn't say there was anything I could (or would) do anything about it - not that I think it was possible. I've never really been one of the "I don't agree with it so ban it" types.