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<blockquote data-quote="Thunderfoot" data-source="post: 5480246" data-attributes="member: 34175">English is a great example because you can trace it roots so clearly.&nbsp; But the English spoken today on three continents in six countries sounds very very different from each other (not even beginning to factor in regional dialects) and are so far removed from traditional modern English variations (ie Shakespearean English is &quot;old&quot; English to most modern speakers, but in linguist classification shares much more with its modern kin than the &quot;olde Aengelish&quot; of Beowulf) and even further removed from the Gealic/Norse/Germanic of the Anglo-Saxon progenitors of the language.For example we can't even agree whether civilization should be spelled with a &quot;z&quot; (American/some Canadian) or &quot;s&quot; most of the rest of the English speaking world; whether is &quot;Hacy-tch&quot; or &quot;Ay-tch&quot; to pronounce the letter &quot;H&quot;, Zee or Zed for &quot;Z&quot; or if fanny is your backside (America) or a woman's unmentionables (England) and don't even get me started on the differences of 'fag/fagot' ....&nbsp;&nbsp; Yeah the &quot;real world&quot; languages of a fantasy world would mean more battling among tribes, races and countries just because fork means an eating utensil in one country and something less savory in another.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Thunderfoot, post: 5480246, member: 34175"] English is a great example because you can trace it roots so clearly. But the English spoken today on three continents in six countries sounds very very different from each other (not even beginning to factor in regional dialects) and are so far removed from traditional modern English variations (ie Shakespearean English is "old" English to most modern speakers, but in linguist classification shares much more with its modern kin than the "olde Aengelish" of Beowulf) and even further removed from the Gealic/Norse/Germanic of the Anglo-Saxon progenitors of the language. For example we can't even agree whether civilization should be spelled with a "z" (American/some Canadian) or "s" most of the rest of the English speaking world; whether is "Hacy-tch" or "Ay-tch" to pronounce the letter "H", Zee or Zed for "Z" or if fanny is your backside (America) or a woman's unmentionables (England) and don't even get me started on the differences of 'fag/fagot' .... Yeah the "real world" languages of a fantasy world would mean more battling among tribes, races and countries just because fork means an eating utensil in one country and something less savory in another. [/QUOTE]

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