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    Default There are at least 7,102 known languages alive in the world today.



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    And I thought that, apart from English, everyone else spoke Greek. It's all Greek to me.........
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    Grunts and groans have most likely accompanied physical gestures both hand and facial to expand their meaning and once every one 'agreed' that sound meant 'That', language soon follows.
    I stand unequivicably behind everything I say , I just dont ever remember saying it !!

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    Well I'll be buggered!

    I never realised that they spoke English in the United States

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    Ebonics?

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    01100010 01101001 01101110 01100001 01110010 01111001 00100000 01101001 01110011 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01101111 01101110 01101100 01111001 00100000 01110100 01110010 01110101 01100101 00100000 01101100 01100001 01101110 01100111 01110101 01100001 01100111 01100101
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    Well read this
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    Quote Originally Posted by Thala Dan View Post
    Well I'll be buggered!

    I never realised that they spoke English in the United States
    Speaking it is one thing.... understanding it is another.

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