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I found this "Old English conversation". It is interesting to hear what a simple conversation between friends was like in the past.

Translation:

Cefin: Hey you man!

Stranger: Yeah?

Cefin: Do you speak Old English?

Stranger: Yes, I speak Old English.

Cefin: Hmm...Aren't you Danwulf? Stranger: Hehehe, I am not Danwulf, friend.

Cefin: Oh, who are you?

Stranger: I am Ham-Sam and who are you, friend?

Cefin: I am Kevin.

Sam-ham: Kevin...Do you love the forest?

Cefin: Yes, I love the forest.

Sam-ham:: Good. How old are you?

Cefin: I am 22 years old. Now, I will go somewhere. Good bye Sam-Ham.

Sam-ham: Good bye, friend.

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The evolution of language- Tamara Olguin 

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The evolution of language- Tamara Olguin 

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Hi everyone! This video made me think about how all languages are somehow related to each other!

The one thing that called my attention was the borrowed words from one language to the another. That makes me think about the evolution of language nowadays. In our day to day lives we incorporate words in different languages thanks to the globalization, through social media, and technology that keeps us connected with people all around the world. Specially, English words transformed into a Spanish version, such as: stalkear, gostear, postear, etc. This makes me wonder if it counts like a language evolution in Spanish.

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Hiya! I think language has evolved and will continue to do so always in relation to technology and the hustle and bustle of daily life. The faster and more multitasking our life is, the faster our way of communication will be.

I have a theory that there will come a time when people will only ask in a message whether the other person is alive or not. I think we can see how over the years and the technological and communication advances, every day we synthesize more of what we write and say.

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Hi!

I think that one of the most noticeable ways in which language has evolved is through the creation of new words and phrases due to the use of social media and technology. The language we use on social media affects the way we communicate in our everyday lives because as new technologies and cultural practices emerge, new words and phrases are created to describe them. For example, social media and the internet have led to the creation of words like ‘selfie’ and acronyms such as ‘OOTD’, 'LOL' , ‘DM’, ‘TYSM’ and 'OMG', that can

replace whole sentences.

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Hi everyone! This image caught my attention, because we can see how written language evolved over the years.

And how today emoticons are used not only to express how one feels but to communicate with others.

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Hello everyone! Here I found a really useful infographic, where we can see all the different forms of language nowadays. Each of these are a way to communicate, that evolved a lot in the last few years, as we went from, for example, using emojis to add something to our messages, to being able to talk only using emojis. However, in my opinion, acronyms are the ones that changed the way we communicate the most, because we tend to use them in every conversation we have, sometimes without even noticing. This shows that language is becoming more and more economic, trying to use the least amount of words and letters possible to convey our message. It makes you wonder what other thing we will be able to change about language over time!

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Hello there!

Slang changes all the time, reflecting how people talk and what's happening in society. People always come up with new ways to say things and keep conversations fresh. Nowadays, it seems like a new word is invented everyday on social media. Because of this, I think it is essential to keep up with how people talk to be able to communicste effectively. This tiktoks provides some examples of old and new slang.

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I usually see this type of videos on TikTok and it made me think of our perception of English through time. This is obviously not Victorian English, but it is perhaps how our students (or sometimes us) perceive it. It might be interesting to do an activity like this with teenage students if we ever are to approach a difficult text. It may give them the opportunity to use some vocabulary they don’t usually use in everyday modern English, and perhaps they might lose the fear to "Old English".

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Hello everyone!

Social media has had a fundamental role in evolutionating and influencing the English language in various ways. For example, social media has included the popularization of abbreviations and acronyms, the use of stickers and emojis for expressing how a person feels, the creation of slang terms between young people, and the use of hashtags to categorize content and convey meaning. Overall, social media has accelerated language change and fostered linguistic creativity.

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Shakespeare's literary works can be great examples of the evolution of the English language. He didn't invent English words, but he certainly played a significant role in shaping the language as we know it today.

Shakespeare is credited with popularizing many words and phrases in the English language. Here are some examples I could find:

Eyeball: Shakespeare used this word in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (Act III, Scene II).

Assassination: This term appears in "Macbeth" (Act I, Scene VII).

Lonely: Appears in "Coriolanus" (Act IV, Scene I).

Addiction: Appears in "Othello" (Act II, Scene II).

In addition, we can say that there are many phrases we owe to him (See image attached!)

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To contribute to these amazing reflections, I would like to add one of the newest forms of communication we have nowadays, which are WhatsApp stickers. Language has been highly simplified over the centuries, possibly with the intention of making communication as fast and effective as possible. And as a result, in our technological era, we have created emojis, then memes, and more recently WhatsApp stickers. Imagine sending a quick message to someone and trying to find the right emoji, among all the other yellow faces, or looking for a fun meme on your photo gallery. That’s unlikely. You will probably go for one of the latest stickers you used and send it. The great aspect of stickers is their variety, as they can contain words (or not), convey emotions, and can be created by everyone which makes the conversation personal. In a way, this feature in informal (and even formal) communication is a new form of simplified, economic language.

In addition, I’m attaching an interesting article on the topic. https://www.livestickers.com/the-impact-of-stickers-on-whatsapp-communication/

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Nowadays, our language encompasses a wide variety of modes which have been expanded by the way we consume social media and the later development and implementation of technological devices. The usage of emojis, videos, and memes, has become part of our language, and they reinforce the economic aspect of the language. These technological advancements affect our ways of communication therefore we can start to consider our language as multimodal creating the necessity of developing a level of multimodal literacy to communicate effectively.