Re: uysr
The English language hasn't changed much, but the slang of youths is now academic language, what now comes accross as inarticulate is correct, and the spelling of words like "hear" has changed so that someone typing correctly in the future just happens to sound exactly like someone inarticulate and not very literate from this time? Okay, I'll grant you that the English language is an ever-evolving one. However, can you tell me when it slowed down it's rate of evolution? I mean, you look at texts from even 20 years ago and the language is different. 500 years ago and, well, even educated adults need notes to understand what Shakespeare actually was saying; what the word "wherefore" actually meant, and so on...
Okay, so you just happened accross Britany. Well, then, why didn't you do much research, any recce, before coming to this time? Because, I'll tell you what, acadamia must have changed a hell of a lot in the future, if you don't have to be educated or articulate to do it, you don't have valid research methods, or specific research aims and you do little to no preperation before embarking on an 8 year project. Maybe you can explain in more than simple generalities exactly what preperation you have done before you came here and what your goals are. You won't convince me you're from the future, but you should be able to have a shot at convincing me that you actually know what you're talking about.
Oh, and, I might not be able to test your future knowledge, but I can test your knowledge of the history you claim to be an expert in. Why was the telephone exchange invented? In the latter half of the 20th century, what was the bloodiest war since the end of WWII? In what many Americans consider to be the biggest cultural event of the 20th century, Woodstock, there was a famous public saftey announcement over the tannoy. What was it?
Ah, so the most widely-spoken language is Arabic (or is it the most-spoken language, or both? There's a big difference)? In which case, you'll have no problem translating the above paragraph into Arabic for me. As I know a couple of Arabic speakers, it'll be easy to tell if you've just used Babelfish or a similar programme, or whether you can speak it yourself...