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realizing the dictionary is expanding every year, i still wonder how much the language (especially English) has shrunk over the years in actual vocabulary.   

living overseas for a while I sought to learn the language, only to find that likely 85% of the people there spoke english (the language of business).  i had issues with slang and had to slow down and enunciate, but felt disadvantaged rarely due to language barrier... I honestly have a LOT harder a time reading english written in the 1700's, and because a dictionary has to be close by.  

i'm told English is precise in regards to exhausting options, and is therefor preferred for business transactions.  makes sense... an Arab telling me something takes three or four breaths for English to explain in less than one.... which automatically made me suspicious of everyone attempting as Grandpa's words kept ringing in my ears "boy, if it takes more than a breath to explain something, there is a fair amount of bull shit present". 

@Hoss , your very first post on this site carried a weight that should have told readers you were no damn troll- it was insightful and on point.... we need a load more like you, but we don't need a single one as you describe elsewhere. 

@MrNubbz , in my current neck of the woods there is a language that has earned itself the right to be determined 'unto itself'.  down east north carolina.  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Tider

"Menu Big Mac avec biere si'l vou plait"

English has ingested quite a bit of French over the decades, sometimes with differing meanings, like the  term "entree" and even "menu".

Forget what Holy Roman Emperor said "I speak Latin to God,Italian to men,French to women an German to my horse"

 

i've seen @OrangeAfroMan and @mcwterps1 venture in there and get flamed w/o mercy or regard, but it's because they're 'outsiders'.  that place is clannish. the only assimilation i've seen made w/o hiccup is @BrownCounty ... @CatsbyAZ  has made effort and done well, too- and largely because i think he takes the whole circumstance in stride recognizing it for what it is- which isn't evident on the surface.

And @P1tchBlack is an entertaining counterbalance to the out of context fundy rhetoric amidst the vols fans.

Also: Something I didn't know until I met the linguistic scientist wife: The #1 driver of language change in EVERY modern language? Teenage girls. Seriously. It's a highly durable and consistent international pattern. 
Those little ladies, past and present, influence all of our language use in ways that the vast majority of us never notice.