Comments on: Save an endangered word, redefine the dictionary http://blog.babbel.com/wordia/ Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:07:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Spanish School Mexico http://blog.babbel.com/wordia/comment-page-1/#comment-993 Spanish School Mexico Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:21:51 +0000 http://blog.babbel.com/?p=169#comment-993 Honestly I don't see the reason to have an organization like that. By their nature languages are constantly evolving. Having a handful of academics deciding whether or not a new word is "pure" would be a waste of time in my opinion. Especially when it comes to languages like English, French and Spanish which are spoken in multiple countries around the world, how can one country dictate what is the pure language. And example from here in Mexico would be the word Guey which in Mexico us used to mean "dude". It is very commonly used word. In the rest of the Spanish speaking world it simply means a male bull. Which is purer? Mexico has the largest population of Spanish speakers in the world, so does a larger number make it correct? Honestly I don’t see the reason to have an organization like that. By their nature languages are constantly evolving. Having a handful of academics deciding whether or not a new word is “pure” would be a waste of time in my opinion. Especially when it comes to languages like English, French and Spanish which are spoken in multiple countries around the world, how can one country dictate what is the pure language.

And example from here in Mexico would be the word Guey which in Mexico us used to mean “dude”. It is very commonly used word. In the rest of the Spanish speaking world it simply means a male bull. Which is purer? Mexico has the largest population of Spanish speakers in the world, so does a larger number make it correct?

]]> By: Lorenz http://blog.babbel.com/wordia/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Lorenz Sun, 12 Oct 2008 13:08:20 +0000 http://blog.babbel.com/?p=169#comment-14 Thanks. Changed it. Thanks. Changed it.

]]> By: mollymooly http://blog.babbel.com/wordia/comment-page-1/#comment-11 mollymooly Sun, 12 Oct 2008 12:48:41 +0000 http://blog.babbel.com/?p=169#comment-11 That's Collins' Dictionary, not Collin's Dictionary. That’s Collins’ Dictionary, not Collin’s Dictionary.

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