http://crumleyblog.com/2006/05/25/slanguistics/ a family blog for the whole fam damily Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:14:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://crumleyblog.com/2006/05/25/slanguistics/comment-page-1/#comment-1215 Nate Thu, 25 May 2006 18:32:10 +0000 http://crumleyblog.com/?p=594#comment-1215 Yes, language has fascinated me for most of my life - probably ever since I was subtely challenged by a cutie, long ago, as to whether I knew what the word "immortality" meant. Long about '92, I was drinking beer in a bar in the formerly Sandwich islands with a buddy from Missoula when an Aussie named Mick called him a "wanker" a term very akin to tosser (which is far more priapic in its true connotation than simply foolish, by the way), nearly precipitating a brawl. I have worked alongside a few Brits and Aussies over the years, and the language differences can be stark, at times. About the same number of people speak English natively as those who speak Spanish worldwide (a bit over 400 million). Mucho Adieu. Yes, language has fascinated me for most of my life - probably ever since I was subtely challenged by a cutie, long ago, as to whether I knew what the word “immortality” meant. Long about ‘92, I was drinking beer in a bar in the formerly Sandwich islands with a buddy from Missoula when an Aussie named Mick called him a “wanker” a term very akin to tosser (which is far more priapic in its true connotation than simply foolish, by the way), nearly precipitating a brawl. I have worked alongside a few Brits and Aussies over the years, and the language differences can be stark, at times. About the same number of people speak English natively as those who speak Spanish worldwide (a bit over 400 million). Mucho Adieu.

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