Lingua Fracas
January 20, 2015
What happens to language in wartime? Rafael S. W. looks at the implications of regulated speech.
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What happens to language in wartime? Rafael S. W. looks at the implications of regulated speech.
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We’ve tried everything to talk with the animals – Rafael S. W. explores where we went wrong.
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Does this poem feel like it was written by a human or a computer?
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Languages die like people. Sometimes it’s a gentle goodnight; other times it’s sudden and violent.
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“Slang,” as the Bard once said, “is some wicked sick shit.”
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As with everything to do with humans, getting some kind of change to occur is a laborious process. So the first question you might be asking about bending language to your will is why would anyone want to try?
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‘What’s in a name?’ Voldemort might ask. ‘A rose by any other name would smell just as sweet.’ But would it? Would a Blose™, with a smell to ‘blow you away’ and a price-tag of three hundred roses, smell just…
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Languages don’t just evolve: some are made up. Rafael S.W. looks at invented languages (or ‘conlangs’) and the people that make, learn, and teach them. Outside the room, d’Armond Speers was pacing. His knowledge, he knew, was useless here. He’d…
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