Online,Englishhasbecomeacommonlanguageforusersfromallovertheworld.Intheprocess,thelanguageitselfischanging.
Therearenowabout4,500millionwebpagesaroundtheworld.Somepeoplesaythatwithin 10yearspeoplewilluseEnglishwidelyontheInternet,butinformsitisverydifferentfromwhatweacceptandknowasEnglishtoday.Why?
That'sbecausemorepeoplenowspeakEnglishasasecondlanguage.Andtheyuseittocommunicatewithothernonnativespeakers,especiallyontheInternetwheretheypaylittleattentiontogrammarandspelling.
"TheInternetgivesnon-nativespeakersmorefreedomtouseEnglishinimportantandmeaningfulways,"saysBillSmith,aprofessoroflanguageatAmericanUniversityinWashingtonD.C.
Internetusersalreadycreateanumberofdifferent"Englishes"likeHinglish(IndianEnglish),Spanglish(SpanishEnglish)andKonlish(KoreanEnglish).Thoughthesedifferentformshavebeentherewithindifferentcultures,theyarenowgoingfarandwideonline.
SomewordsaretakenfromtraditionalEnglish."Blur"(="notclear"or"slow"),forexample,isoftenusedinSinglish(SingaporeanEnglish),SomeEnglishwordsareputtogethertomakesomethingnew.InChinglish(ChineseEnglish),"longtimenosee"means"havenotseenyouforalongtime".
"Infact,mostpeoplespeakdifferentlanguages-it'slesscommontospeakonlyone,"saysMrSmith.Englishhasbecometheworld'slanguage,butit'snotpushingoutotherlanguages.Instead,otherlanguagesarepushingtheirintoEnglish,andintheprocess,creatingsomethingnew.
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1.Englishhasbecomea___forInternetusersaroundtheword,andintheprocess,thelanguageitself___.
2.ThoughEnglishwill___ontheInternetwithin10years,yetitisdifferentfromEnglishtoday___
3.OntheInternet,nonnativespeakers___togrammarandspelling,andtheyhave___touseEnglishinimportantandmeaningfulways.
4."Blur"istakenfrom___while"longtimenosee"ismade___someEnglishwordstogether.
5.Inthepassage,___kindof"Englishes"aretalke