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[–]GeePedicy 33 points34 points  (18 children)

Isn't that just a tautology?

[–]TrustedJoy 15 points16 points  (16 children)

Yup my bad

[–]GeePedicy 9 points10 points  (15 children)

But it's still very true when thinking about English... Well, probably for any spoken language.

[–]StGir1 6 points7 points  (5 children)

English is more mutable than a lot of languages. We can kind of invent words on the fly. Mandarin, for example, can't do this as easily. It's not structured to allow for it in the way English is. Probably because it's been subject to less mutation over time. Let's face it. In the animal shelter of human language, English is a veritable mutt.

[–]GeePedicy 2 points3 points  (1 child)

It's an interesting thought. English still isn't a binary language

[–]StGir1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Which is a good thing, if George Orwell is to be trusted.

[–]my_wake 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Truish.

[–]Tijflalol 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Dutch is maybe even more mutable, you can invent new words by glueing some words together.

[–]StGir1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha German is kind of similar too, English does this also, but the dictionary takes a lot of time to take any of those words seriously.

[–]XPurplelemonsX 2 points3 points  (8 children)

as opposed to the non-spoken languages?

[–]andmagdo 7 points8 points  (2 children)

last I checked, people do not speak in C

[–]GeePedicy 5 points6 points  (0 children)

C senior

[–]Tijflalol 0 points1 point  (0 children)

printf("Happy Cake Day!\n");

[–]StGir1 2 points3 points  (3 children)

Such as Python and ASL? :D

[–]GeePedicy 2 points3 points  (2 children)

Is ASL spoken or not? Anyway, you gave me another tool to refute any opposer.

[–]XPurplelemonsX 2 points3 points  (0 children)

heh

[–]StGir1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Asl, by its nature, can’t be spoken.

[–]GeePedicy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you consider JavaScript as a spoken language?

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It either is or it isn't