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Friday, October 26, 2007

Comment of the Year

posted by on October 26 at 11:35 AM

Posted by jamier:

In 20 years the Chinese will speak English, Zimbabweans will speak Chinese, and Americans will speak Ndebele.

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Posted by Mr. Poe | October 26, 2007 12:01 PM
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Wrong. In 20 years, the Chinese will have called the US's debt to them and annexed the United States.

Posted by Gomez | October 26, 2007 12:15 PM
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Yay!

Posted by jamier | October 26, 2007 12:44 PM
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unsubscribe

Posted by user | October 26, 2007 1:23 PM
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More likely we'll be speaking Mandarin.

Posted by Will in Seattle | October 26, 2007 1:25 PM
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The Chinese may be speaking English, but like the differences between English English, Australian English, and Thai English... no "native" English speaker will be able to understand them. And only some Americans will be speaking Ndebele, prolly about as many as do so now, the ones in the Peace Corps(e). Zibabweans speaking Chinese? Only the ones working in Iran's Liquid Nat. Gas shipping ports.

Posted by treacle | October 26, 2007 2:47 PM
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@Gomez:

Hey, I'm supposed to be the one that takes things way too seriously around here.

Awesome post btw (Charles' previous and current blog post, not Gomez'(s?) current comment)

Posted by Jason Petersen | October 26, 2007 3:14 PM
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No, Americans will sp33k teh internets.

Posted by Natalie | October 26, 2007 6:51 PM
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Posted by Natalie | October 26, 2007 6:52 PM
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7. Uh... did I REALLY sound that serious?

Do I need to start punctuating all my sarcasm with emoticons again?

Posted by Gomez | October 26, 2007 11:43 PM
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Gomez, even though I get wicked right-wing vibes from you (FTTT), I see that I am quite possibly the only person in this thread of comments that will/could/would see how indescribably retarded everybody else is.

...including your "sarcasm", though. I pretty much have this solid urge to just state the obvious: hey, everybody, in 20 years, the Americans will speak *American.

*"American" language: The result of whatever the hell Rap's final toll accomplishes, the mix of Spanish+"English" at almost every public place's final toll accomplishes, topped off with the destruction of:
- spelling/grammar (ex. to, too, two; they, their, they're; are, our, R-Kelly)
- sentence structure (ex. run-on sentences)
- proper linguistics (It's too late for this shit. We're doomed.)
- (Expected) Knowing what the fucking FUCK you are saying. (Waaaaayyyy too late. Game over.)

Posted by Mr. Poe | October 27, 2007 12:17 AM

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