<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Well, that’s part of the book’s argument, which is that the process of language change is slow, and many variations (mutations, if you will) co-exist, often over centuries. The process of one form outperforming another to eventually become the dominant variation is slow. To the extent that people perceive the changing tide, it’s usually to complain about the slovenly speech patterns of the young. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Writing masks the changes in speech, because the written form changes even <i class="">more</i> slowly. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Tara</div><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jan 11, 2016, at 3:26 PM, Dan TheBookMan <<a href="mailto:danust2012@gmail.com" class="">danust2012@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div class="">On Jan 11, 2016, at 3:01 PM, Tara Maya <<a href="mailto:tara@taramayastales.com" class="">tara@taramayastales.com</a>> wrote:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8" class=""><div class="">“Gotta” and “Gonna”, however, are well on their way to being legitimate grammatical forms. I just finished The Evolution of Language which describes old forms die and new ones are formed. Fascinating!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Tara</div></div></blockquote><br class=""><div class=""><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class="">Don't you think they If you listen to speech, "gotta" and "gonna" seem to have been standard in most English dialects for a long time now? It's more that the written standard is more open now. Not to say the written standard was formerly static. And what's written rarely is consistent with what's spoken -- both in spelling (matching pronunciation) and syntax. </span></div><div class=""><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class="">Don't believe I've read that book.<br class=""><br class=""></span><div style="line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="line-height: 20px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class="">Regards,</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="line-height: 20px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><div style="line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="line-height: 20px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class="">Dan</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class=""> Sample my Kindle books via:</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;" class=""><a href="http://author.to/DanUst" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class=""><font class="">http://author.to/DanUst</font></a></div></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br class="">extropy-chat mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" class="">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a><br class="">http://lists.extropy.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/extropy-chat<br class=""></div></blockquote></div><br class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class="">
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