#language origins

[strohller27]

it's the origins of language part of our class again boys

I shouldn't be telling the students what to think. so I won't be yelling this to them. I'll yell about it here.

but. listen.

IT IS NOT A CHIMP'S OR BONOBO'S FAULT THAT THEY CAN'T USE HUMAN FORMS OF COMMUNICATION AS 'WELL' AS A HUMAN CHILD DOES.

CHIMPS AND BONOBOS ARE NOT TIME MACHINES THAT CAN UNEQUIVOCALLY SHOW YOU EXACTLY WHAT THE LAST COMMON ANCESTORS WERE LIKE BACK BEFORE HUMANS SPLIT FROM CHIMPS. THEY ARE NOT 'PRIMITIVE'. THEY HAVE LITERALLY HAD JUST AS MUCH TIME TO EVOLVE AS WE DID AND THEY ARE THRIVING, DESPITE US.

APES' PERCEIVED 'INADEQUACY' AT HUMAN FORMS OF COMMUNICATION DOES NOT SOMEHOW MAKE THEM INFERIOR TO HUMANS.

THE FACT THAT CHIMPS, BONOBOS, AND GORILLAS ARE EVEN ABLE TO USE FORMS OF COMMUNICATION THAT WERE NOT DESIGNED BY/FOR THEIR SPECIES IS FUCKEN AMAZING AND YOU NEED TO HAVE MORE RESPECT FOR THEM YOU ABSOLUTE WALNUTS.

YOU ARE MAKING THE LINGUISTIC ANTHROPOLOGIST IN ME SHAKE AND CRY WITH RAGE.

[agwitow]

[dhavalshiyani-blog]

Language Tree

Nordic languages compared, from http://www.sssscomic.com/comic.php?page=195.The author has gathered most of the data from this site http://www.ethnologue.com/

[afuturepolyglot]

Where did the stereotypical pirate accent come from? Where do we get our classical image of the scurvy sea dog? Join us today, September 19th, in celebrating International Talk Like A Pirate Day!

[pepitha]

Fun English Language Fact

In the English language we get our words from many other languages, mostly: Latin, Greek, Anglo-Saxon and Norse. Additionally there can be other ways of saying the same word, although some may more offensive than others Example: We get the word 'vagina' from the Latin 'vāgīna' which means 'sheath' or 'scabbard' but we get the word 'Cunt' from the Anglo-Saxon, this means 'triangle' 'Cunt' is considered more offensive in its terms and harshness when its translation is more mild So in actual fact saying cunt is less offensive as it is not designed to be slid into