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Evolutionary Word
I misstyped yes + yeah to form the new word "yesh". Is this evolution?
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04-06-2007, 08:43 PM
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04-06-2007, 09:16 PM
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04-07-2007, 05:34 AM
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Yoh!
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04-07-2007, 08:26 AM
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AAAUUUUGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!! Mutation! |
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04-07-2007, 01:25 PM
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A friend sent me an email which ended by saying " Have an ice day!" to which I ended my response " Buy fur now!"
That wasn't evolutionary but maybe I've just planted a meme here. |
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04-07-2007, 08:35 PM
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I'd say so, but it remains to be seen if "yesh" fills a niche that is rpesently unfilled. That is natural selection - if it does a job that no other word does (or no other word does as well as "yesh"), then "Yesh" will become a new word, given time for the characteristic to spread throughout the population.
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04-08-2007, 06:38 AM
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04-08-2007, 12:05 PM
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Language does change through specific adaptation to the environment.
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