Gin’s Notes #5- The language of the modern day

Now you may be wondering, ‘Gin. Why do we need to do a piece on the language of the world?’ and you are right. Every single human being on this planet speaks English and, at least in Eurasia, close to the British English of the 3rd millennia. But, I am taking into account that my notes may get passed down through the generations and the future language may be completely different to what it is now. Therefore, doing a note on language may be beneficial to my future readers.

First of all, I want to talk about why everyone speaks English. The reason is that during the unification of the mages, the common spoken language was indeed English. Now remember that the first few mages that got exiled on an island were really smart. They probably thought that, by having a single language, you reduce inefficiencies such as language barriers.

So when they got released from their century long imprisonment, their plan was set in motion. The unification of mages helped greatly. It allowed consistent education for all, (basically English was taught as the only language to all), and eventually due to the lack of need for others, English remained as the only viable language.

Although everyone speaks and understands the same thing, there are slight differences between everyone. Some have a certain dialect, a certain accent, maybe even be more likely to use certain phrases over others. The point is that despite the uniformed language, no one is the same in how they speak. I guess even if the government wanted clone-like mages in terms of their mentality, morality and dialect, it’s near impossible to do so (even if you can get very close).

These slight differences may lead to diversification in language in the future. No matter how hard you try to keep things constant, no one can predict what will happen in the distant future for any one item of discussion. Basically change, it would seem, is the only certainty.

Gin’s Edit: One final thing. I’ve noticed that mages don’t tend to use the swear words of the 3rd millennia. In case you don’t know, they are offensive words that often are used to show strong emotions and often belittle to another. This removal of such words was most probably a part of the education system so that the youth of their times would never know of them, and rightly so. I realised this when I accidently swore at Alder the other day and he had no clue what it meant.

How do I know about them? Well the adults and other kids from my village knew them well. I occasionally do swear myself as well. But not much since, when I was little, my mother would always shout at me whenever I did. Thanks to her, I wasn’t that bad-mouthed in my childhood.

Wo’s Edit: Don’t lie. You swore all the time when you were little.

Gin’s edit: Wo, please. I don’t want my readers to think badly of me.

Note to self: need to find a way to rub out ink.