Is immigration killing off the Queen's English?

[barryqwalsh]

The Queen’s English could soon become a thing of the past as immigration gradually affects the way we speak.

Linguists have predicted the ‘th’ sound could disappear from speech within 50 years due to the number of foreign visitors who cannot pronounce it.

A study suggested urban dialects such as Multicultural London English (MLE) – which incorporates pronunciations from Caribbean, West African and Asian communities – will spread across regions.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...ogy-cause-voices-change-50-years.html?0p19G=c

 

[Tommy Tainant]

The Queen’s English could soon become a thing of the past as immigration gradually affects the way we speak.

Linguists have predicted the ‘th’ sound could disappear from speech within 50 years due to the number of foreign visitors who cannot pronounce it.

A study suggested urban dialects such as Multicultural London English (MLE) – which incorporates pronunciations from Caribbean, West African and Asian communities – will spread across regions.


Are regional accents going to die out?

Languages are always evolving. In a century we will all be speaking American.

 

[The Great Goose]

Are those linguists gleefully predicting that? Because I seriously doubt in 50 years.

 

[Tommy Tainant]

Are those linguists gleefully predicting that? Because I seriously doubt in 50 years.

Its the Daily Mail. The language is not important its the immigrant thing that gets them hot.

 

[PurpleOwl]

a lot of people walking around britain talking like shakespeare still?

 

[Mudda]

You can no longer throw a brick in Londonistan without hitting someone making a shawarma. And it stinks!

 

[Unkotare]

The Queen’s English could soon become a thing of the past as immigration gradually affects the way we speak.

Linguists have predicted the ‘th’ sound could disappear from speech within 50 years due to the number of foreign visitors who cannot pronounce it.

A study suggested urban dialects such as Multicultural London English (MLE) – which incorporates pronunciations from Caribbean, West African and Asian communities – will spread across regions.


What do you fink of dis? Urban dialects are killing off the 'th' sound

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[Windship]

"The Queens English"...lol, the language used to suppress their population for hundreds of years? I like cockney better.

 

[Unkotare]

... I like cockney better.

I bet you do.......

 

[Anathema]

Languages are always evolving. In a century we will all be speaking American.

Hopefully, if we can get a Conservative elected POTUS some year you folks won't have enough contact with America anymore for that to be a problem.

 

[GLASNOST]

Is immigration killing off the Queen's English?

American television has already destroyed the English language, like basically, in terms of you know I'm sayin', like irregardless of all that awesome stuff. Ya' know?

 

[GLASNOST]

Its the Daily Mail. The language is not important its the immigrant thing that gets them hot.

For readers of The Sun it's page 3.

 

[racialreality9]

Well, I can report that here in the United States we hardly know or speak English anymore.

Spanebonics is what the common people speak. Yo, wuzzup homie, que pasa.

 

[Unkotare]

Well, I can report that here in the United States we hardly know or speak English anymore.

....

Wrong, of course.

 

[Moonglow]

Well, I can report that here in the United States we hardly know or speak English anymore.

Spanebonics is what the common people speak. Yo, wuzzup homie, que pasa.

Although the language you prefer is Dorkmanistan..

 

[Ozone]

which 'th' sound is that? the one with all the spit and slobber? english is a language invented by people who drink piss warm beer, we will all be much better off once this retched disease of a tung has been final solutioned.

 

[Unkotare]

which 'th' sound is that?......

Gotta lay some of the blame on the Norse and the Greeks as well. It's not going away.