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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.