On Thu, Sep 10, 2020 at 12:51 PM Stathis Papaioannou <stath...@gmail.com> wrote:
*>>> this is how people will talk. “I went through duplication, and I woke >>> up in a little room.* >>> >> >> >> I don't think so. When self duplication becomes commonplace I think >> the English language will need to change so much that what people will say >> would be incomprehensible to an English speaker in the early 21st century >> when self duplication was anything but commonplace. >> > > *> People will tell those who have not yet had the experience: “you will* > [,,,] > I don't think so. When self duplication becomes commonplace I don't think the word "you" will exist anymore. *> What do you think they will say?* > "I" think that when something that would now take paragraphs to explain becomes intuitively obvious to everybody on a gut level people will say things in a language whose grammar is totally different from anything spoken by anybody living today. Early 21st-century speech will seem very archaic and naïve to them. John K Clark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv0BAr_Toh2UbE4TZ49dXU6jsPR2p%2BvWn78sr04rd6xHWQ%40mail.gmail.com.
