Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
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Privacy and the revival of languages

Now the British are heading towards rampant violation of conversations. (If you're going to hop in bed with American politics, put your civil rights in a condom first.)

However, it occurs to me that the rampant growth of spying could inspire a revival of minor languages. Imagine how much harder all the spies would have to work if they had to learn Dine and Manx and Hawaiian ... and Klingon and LAadan ... *cackle* They're probably dumb enough to put the record in the player.

Of course, that would probably lead to outlawing other languages and beating people for using them. That works, most of the time.

Which could lead to a tremendous growth spurt in slang. They might want to consult the floundering drug war frontliners about the godforsaken foxhunt of trying to keep up with street slang. The leading edge always evolves faster than the hunters can keep up with.

Amusing to watch from a distance, if you enjoy black comedy. Radioactive ebola carrots, anyone?
Tags: linguistics, politics
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bodhifox

bodhifox

July 16 2008, 03:39:20 UTC 12 years ago

Time for windtalkers.
ysabetwordsmith

ysabetwordsmith

July 16 2008, 03:49:49 UTC 12 years ago

Heh. Yeah.