Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Lingua franca Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2025 22:09:48 +0200 Lines: 25 Message-ID: References: <10884l7$173em$1@dont-email.me> <1089ge2$1fvl9$8@dont-email.me> <10a68ql$16tjt$1@dont-email.me> <68c6bbc5$0$402$426a74cc@news.free.fr> <10a6rp4$1d082$5@dont-email.me> <2d9jplxvcn.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10a6t8d$1d082$8@dont-email.me> <4cnjplxbgm.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10a8lmu$1q6g1$7@dont-email.me> <1s2mplx32v.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <68cdb6b5$0$12931$426a34cc@news.free.fr> <10alus7$57hc$1@news1.tnib.de> <68cebda5$0$3358$426a74cc@news.free.fr> <10aod61$1jd5c$7@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net FXI0K0g3PzOv/jR9HkvT/gb8W9qoAXPp08/D0fvg3+VPWRgh1Q X-Orig-Path: Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:CbdwtPsNt9wmNk7TZZEmgjDfn24= sha256:SXo8X2C43mD/e93mzDTSedkRCZWKBhAw2JzAtuZZcZ0= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:74767 On 2025-09-21 19:58, rbowman wrote: > On Sun, 21 Sep 2025 15:35:18 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote: > >> On 2025-09-21 10:32, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >>> The problem with English is that it's the ultimate lingua franca and a >>> complete mongrel. >> >> Have you read some of The Expanse, by James S. A. Corey? They invent >> some language called Belter Creole, also called Lang Belta. >> >> Chatgpt says it is a mixture of: >> >> English (the base grammar and vocabulary) >> Spanish Mandarin Russian German French Zulu Hindi Arabic And more > > That would be even more fun than Esperanto. That attracted some interest > in the '50s and '60s after a UNESCO resolution that died out rapidly as > everyone learned English, more or less. It is way older than that, goes back to the XIX. An uncle of mine spoke it, but the book I had about the language with his "number" got lost. -- Cheers, Carlos. ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;