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  • Re: Paleo-etymology 2025

    From Aidan Kehoe@kehoea@parhasard.net to sci.lang,alt.usage.english on Fri Oct 3 11:29:18 2025
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    Ar an tri|| l|i de m|! Deireadh F||mhair, scr|!obh DDeden:

    Antarctican accent, citizens

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

    rCyFor instance, a German woman stationed at the Rothera Research Station began
    to speak like a native English speaker as she talked more and more with her
    colleagues from the UK.rCO

    [...]

    rCyThe incipient linguistic changes observed in Antarctica, while captured over
    a brief six-month period, are not without precedent. They represent the first
    moments of a process that has played out countless times throughout human
    history, leading to the diversification of languages and the birth of new
    dialects.

    While the rCLAntarctic accentrCY may sound surprising, itrCOs not without
    precedent. History is full of cases where small, isolated groups of people
    forged entirely new ways of speaking.rCO

    Glad it has been documented. The article has plenty of filler, which is not a shock.
    --
    rCyAs I sat looking up at the Guinness ad, I could never figure out /
    How your man stayed up on the surfboard after fourteen pints of stoutrCO
    (C. Moore)
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  • From DDeden@user5108@newsgrouper.org.invalid to sci.lang,alt.usage.english on Tue Oct 7 19:33:14 2025
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    Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> posted:


    Ar an tri|| l|i de m|! Deireadh F||mhair, scr|!obh DDeden:

    Antarctican accent, citizens

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

    rCyFor instance, a German woman stationed at the Rothera Research Station began
    to speak like a native English speaker as she talked more and more with her
    colleagues from the UK.rCO

    [...]

    rCyThe incipient linguistic changes observed in Antarctica, while captured over
    a brief six-month period, are not without precedent. They represent the first
    moments of a process that has played out countless times throughout human
    history, leading to the diversification of languages and the birth of new
    dialects.

    While the rCLAntarctic accentrCY may sound surprising, itrCOs not without
    precedent. History is full of cases where small, isolated groups of people
    forged entirely new ways of speaking.rCO

    Glad it has been documented. The article has plenty of filler, which is not a shock.

    Video of antarctic guides, I hear no particular accent:

    Antarctic guides

    https://youtube.com/shorts/LkjQT2mx80g?si=wFpYkDovon8j1ncL


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