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Changing English
O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?Deny thy father and refuse thy name;Or if thou wilt not, be but sworn my loveAnd I'll no longer be a Capulet.
William Shakespeare, sometime around 1595–1596
It was quiet. She looked at Foley in the slim-cut navy-blue suit, his white shirt with its button-down collar, his burgundy and blue rep tie - the conservative business executive - looked in his eyes and said, “Let’s go to my place.”
“Your room?”
“My suite. I showed my credentials and they upgraded me.”
“You must do pretty well, in your business.”
“I don’t know, Jack. The way things are going I may be looking for work.”
Elmore Leonard, in 1996
•Operator
•What?
•Operator
•No, I want a mobile number.
•What?
•A mobile number….0770813
•Is that an international number?
•No, I need you to connect me to a Virgin number, a Virgin mobile.
•Don’t you start that sexy business with me, young man. I can trace this call.
The Speed of Change
Changing English – New Words
Can you guess when the following words or expressions first became ‘common use’ lexical items in English?
To
Podcasting
Supermarket
DNA
To email
Football Hooligan
Fast Food
Metrosexual Hippy
Jazz
Varieties of English – Around the World