Thread: Breaking down the sci-fi genre
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Old 04-29-2012, 09:13 AM   #169
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Originally Posted by Ekaros View Post
Still, I don't have any idea how this goes with original topic ;D
This is an... evolving... thread.
And it seems to be evolving towards deconstructing the genres of SF.
And since deconstruction more or less equals breaking down...

(Why not go with the flow? It beats beating the usual dead horses! We now have a new dead horse!)

As to the english variants and dialects, they originated *before* modern communications. So they're mostly "legacy" variants.
http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/ll/3084/

Now, if the Global English movement continues, we'll soon see another variant that might get annointed as the semi-official world trade language.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/21/ar...pagewanted=all

Who knows? Maybe globish will beget Solarian which will evolve into Galactic.

(Or maybe Galactic will develp out of Spanglish/inglanyol. )
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