American English

Defining the American Dialects

Mother Tongue vs. onomatopoeia

What did you say?

Signifier and Signified

What is the difference between a Pidgin and a Creole?

A Pidgin is the original simplified language that

develops between two groups of people who do

not have a common language.

What did she say?

I almost understand her.

A Creole is the stabilized language that develops

from a pidgin. Usually by the second generation.

Yes, the Zombie

Apocalypse.

The Zombie

Apocalypse?

Sometime about 30,000 years ago, Cro-Magnon

people came to be. Their larynx was deeper in their throats giving them the

ability to speak.

Nah, dude. I might choke.

In early tribal Britain, invading tribes of Saxon, Danes and Jutes were creating pidgins all over modern day England. These pidgins created creoles. The creoles mixed into new pidgins and eventually, Old English became the stabilized language.

There are

heads on me horse.