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TheEnglishlanguageischangingfastthankstotherapidprogressoftechnology．Weallhavearapidchoice：wecaneitherburyourheadsinthesandandspendtherestofourliveswishingShakespearewerealiveandwell．Orwecanembrace(拥抱)thenewEnglishenterintothespiritoftheInternetagecalledWeblish．

“Youcan'tavoiditforthesimplereasonthatwheneveranewvarietyoflanguagecomesalongitinevitablyimpacts(冲击)onthelanguageasawhole．”SaysDr．DavidCrystalhonoraryprofessoroflinguistics(语言学家)attheUniversityofWalesinBangorwhosebook“LanguageandtheInternet”hasjustbeenpublished．

ThetroublewithkeepingupwiththenewEnglishisnotsomuchthattherearesomanynewwordsbutthattheoldwordsnolongermeanwhatwethoughttheydid．InthepastifsomeonesaidtheydidnothaveWindowsyouwouldhavetosupposetheylivedinacave．ThesedaysitisprobablybecausetheyuseaMac(whichisacomputernotaraincoat)．Spamisasdislikedasiteverwasbutwhereasitoncemeantanunappetizing(引不起食欲的)cannedmeatitnowstandsforunwanted“junk”email．Spellingsarechangingtoo．Notonlyistext-messagingplaying“hvcwthvrbs”[havoc(混乱)withverbs]buttheconventionsofemailcommunicationplacelittleemphasison“perfectspeaking”．

Weblishlovestoseenounshappilybecomeverbs(“Pleasebookmarkthissite”)andverbsbecomenouns(“Sendmethedownload”)．Verbsandprepositionsareregularlythrowntogethertobecomenewnounsoradjectives(dial-uplogonprint-onpull-downuplead)whileothersarecreatedfromsimplypairingnouns：cyberspace．EtlemitInternet．hyperlink．metatagnetspeak．

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TechnologyandEnglish

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KeepUpwiththeLatestDevelopmentinEnglish

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KeepUpwiththeLatestWeblish