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The absence of [[Language Drift]]. Compare with [[Aliens Speaking English]]. |
The absence of [[Language Drift]]. Compare with [[Aliens Speaking English]]. |
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== Anime and Manga == |
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** Not only the time gap, but Barayar was isolated from Galactic culture for centuries and reverted to some never specified semi-medieval level. Yet they came out of it still speaking Galactic Standard (whether that's English or not). |
** Not only the time gap, but Barayar was isolated from Galactic culture for centuries and reverted to some never specified semi-medieval level. Yet they came out of it still speaking Galactic Standard (whether that's English or not). |
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** It's specifically mentioned that Barayar has four distinct language groups, English, Russian French and Greek. Cordelia at one point finds a book of poetry written in English but using the Cyrillic alphabet. |
** It's specifically mentioned that Barayar has four distinct language groups, English, Russian French and Greek. Cordelia at one point finds a book of poetry written in English but using the Cyrillic alphabet. |
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* Justified ([[Hand Wave|kinda]]) in [[Arthur C Clarke]]'s ''3001'', where sound recording technology is said to have stabilized all languages. As a result, they have changed about as much as is appropriate for two or three hundred years, instead of the thousand that have actually elapsed. |
* Justified ([[Hand Wave|kinda]]) in [[Arthur C. Clarke (Creator)]]'s ''3001'', where sound recording technology is said to have stabilized all languages. As a result, they have changed about as much as is appropriate for two or three hundred years, instead of the thousand that have actually elapsed. |
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** Clarke relied on the same justification in ''[[The Songs of Distant Earth]]''. |
** Clarke relied on the same justification in ''[[The Songs of Distant Earth]]''. |
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* [[L Sprague De Camp (Creator)|L Sprague De Camp]] wrote a surprisingly funny, informative, and accurate essay called "Language for Time Travelers", where the [[Framing Device]] for the information is the travails of a [[Time Travel|time traveler]] having to deal with [[Shown Their Work|vowel shifts, abbreviation, and slang]] in the future. It's worth tracking down, and you may learn something. |
* [[L Sprague De Camp (Creator)|L Sprague De Camp]] wrote a surprisingly funny, informative, and accurate essay called "Language for Time Travelers", where the [[Framing Device]] for the information is the travails of a [[Time Travel|time traveler]] having to deal with [[Shown Their Work|vowel shifts, abbreviation, and slang]] in the future. It's worth tracking down, and you may learn something. |
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