Re: Boontling 'lingo'
Richard Hyde (rah@netcom.com)
Mon, 9 Dec 1996 16:59:05 GMT
David A. Kaye (dk@crl.com) wrote:
: I may be in error here, but I believe a lingo is a system of words
: purposely created (or at least purposely used) to confuse people outside
: the circle of people using it. I think a dialect is an unintentional
: regional variation on a standard language, and that a patois is a subset
: of a dialect.
Lingo: The vocabulary of a special class or group of people. I think,
technically, you can use lingo to describe any foreign language
but it more appropriately applies to constructions like
boontling or "hippie talk - way cool, man"
Creole: A creole is a former pidgen language that has developed into
the sole languge of a group or community.
Pidgen: A simplified form of language, often created between two groups
not sharing a common language. Imagine a trading situation...
Dialect: Not too far off from "lingo". A version of a language spoken
by a particular person or class. A variety of a language with
non-standard idiom, vocabulaty, or pronunciation.
Patois: A dialect of the common people - as opposed to the literary
dialect.
Cant: The special phraseology of a class, sect, profession, etc.
There is obviously a lot of overlap...
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