Inventing languages

6 Minute English

语言学习

2022-01-13

6 分钟
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  • Hello, this is Six Minute English from BBC Learning English.

  • I'm Sam.

  • And I'm Neil.

  • How are you today, Sam?

  • Thanks for asking, Neil.

  • I'm fine.

  • Not.

  • Sorry, so are you fine or not?

  • Oh, did I confuse you?

  • My bad.

  • Ah, Sam is speaking English, just a very modern type of English.

  • For example, saying, my bad, instead of my fault,

  • as a way of accepting that she's wrong.

  • Or adding not at the end of a sentence to show,

  • I really mean the opposite of us, I said.

  • Both are examples of small changes in English,

  • which have happened naturally over the last decade or two.

  • Changes like these happen, because unlike, say, Latin,