Today, we can only see how different our languages have become compared to the past and build upon them.
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“Words come and go and language is developed. We can only wait and see the future of how our own languages,” said Jessica Chen ‘24. (Photo Credit: Aaron Burden / Unsplash)
Languages emerge, thrive, build cultures, and then reach their demise. It is an inevitable cycle that has occurred for hundreds of languages over the course of millions of years. Today, we can only see how different our languages have become compared to the past and build upon them. Who knows what our future can hold? There are possibilities that English will contain completely different slang in the years to come. We can only wait to see how our language develops.