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On Fri, 03 Oct 2025 00:39:11 GMT, DDeden
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Le 03/10/2025 |a 03:42, Steve Hayes a |-crit :

DDeden wrote:

https://groups.io/g/1WorldofWords/message/684

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Works in Firefox, and leads to:

'People living in Antarctica are developing a new accent' - <https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/new-accent-in-antarctica-rep/>

Summary: researchers living in Antarctica have only satellite phones, so
are cut off from external linguistic influences. The different
nationalities influence each other, and they also invent new terms for themselves.

So, vaguely interesting, but unsurprising. <Tongue-in-cheek> English
needs Lord Reith and the Home Service if it's to remain true to itself. </Tongue-in-cheek>

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On 03/10/2025 07:28, Hibou wrote:

Le 03/10/2025 |a 03:42, Steve Hayes a |-crit :

DDeden wrote:

https://groups.io/g/1WorldofWords/message/684

Oops! Your browser isn't supported.

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Works in Firefox, and leads to:

'People living in Antarctica are developing a new accent' - <https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/new-accent-in- antarctica-rep/>

Summary: researchers living in Antarctica have only satellite phones, so
are cut off from external linguistic influences. The different
nationalities influence each other, and they also invent new terms for themselves.

So, vaguely interesting, but unsurprising. <Tongue-in-cheek> English
needs Lord Reith and the Home Service if it's to remain true to itself. </Tongue-in-cheek>

Is Lord Reith and the BBC World Service available on satellite phones? I
think not.

I think a better solution is to despatch more British scientists into Antarctica. (Make sure they do not hail from Birmingham or further Oop
North. )


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On 03/10/2025 06:54, occam wrote:

On 03/10/2025 07:28, Hibou wrote:

Le 03/10/2025 |a 03:42, Steve Hayes a |-crit :

DDeden wrote:

https://groups.io/g/1WorldofWords/message/684

Oops! Your browser isn't supported.

It might be more effective to copy and paste the content of the
message.

Works in Firefox, and leads to:

'People living in Antarctica are developing a new accent' -
<https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/new-accent-in-
antarctica-rep/>

Summary: researchers living in Antarctica have only satellite phones, so
are cut off from external linguistic influences. The different
nationalities influence each other, and they also invent new terms for
themselves.

So, vaguely interesting, but unsurprising. <Tongue-in-cheek> English
needs Lord Reith and the Home Service if it's to remain true to itself.
</Tongue-in-cheek>

Is Lord Reith and the BBC World Service available on satellite phones? I think not.

I think a better solution is to despatch more British scientists into Antarctica. (Make sure they do not hail from Birmingham or further Oop
North. )

But how long do any of them spend in Antarctica? I doubt if they are
marooned there for years like Ben Gunn.
(Though they may well develop a craving for cheese.)
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On Fri, 3 Oct 2025 06:28:14 +0100, Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote:

Le 03/10/2025 |a 03:42, Steve Hayes a |-crit :

DDeden wrote:

https://groups.io/g/1WorldofWords/message/684

Oops! Your browser isn't supported.

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Works in Firefox, and leads to:

In Firefox it gives:

Oops! Your browser isn't supported.

It looks like you're using an outdated browser that may not display
this site correctly or securely. We recommend upgrading to one of
these free browsers:

My point is that it is often better for it not to display "correctly"
than not to display at all, sometimes there is nothing wrong with the
way it displays, but they just check for a browser version that isn't
the latest and replace the page with a stupid notice, which
effectively means, "You are not doing your duty as a consumer, go out
and buy a new computer."

'People living in Antarctica are developing a new accent' - ><https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/new-accent-in-antarctica-rep/>

Summary: researchers living in Antarctica have only satellite phones, so
are cut off from external linguistic influences. The different
nationalities influence each other, and they also invent new terms for >themselves.

Brits living in colonial India did the same thing, and took back words
from India like "bungalow" and "tiffin" that they picked up from
speakers of other languages.

Don't those living in Antarctica have "home" leave occasionally?
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Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
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