Who invents certain words?

[STDzRus]

Now explain every word you just typed. :stoned:

[beachguy in thongs]

Middle English
n.
The English language from about 1100 to 1500.

Old English
n.
1. The English language from the middle of the 5th to the beginning of the 12th century. Also called Anglo-Saxon.
2. Printing See black letter.

In·do-Eu·ro·pe·an (nd-yr-pn)
n.
1.
a. A family of languages consisting of most of the languages of Europe as well as those of Iran, the Indian subcontinent, and other parts of Asia.
b. Proto-Indo-European. Also called Indo-Germanic.
2. A member of any of the peoples speaking an Indo-European language.

past tense
n.
A verb tense used to express an action or a condition that occurred in or during the past. For example, in While she was sewing, he read aloud, was sewing and read are in the past tense.

Old Norse
n.
1. The North Germanic languages until the middle of the 14th century.
2.
a. Old Icelandic.
b. Old Norwegian.

[STDzRus]

sweet!

I'll pay you 20 dollars a day to my personal dictionary.

[beachguy in thongs]

"I'll pay you 20 dollars a day to my personal dictionary."

I don't understand the offer... :smokin: ... :stoned:

[Roadking]

I was having dinner with my wife awhile back at a rustic kind of place in Vermont when a party of about fifteen youths and a couple of adults came in. They were seated at a row of tables and the waitress brought menus.
'Oh great' I thought...'there goes my peace and quiet. these kids will be yelling and throwing food before you know it.' I was convinced they would be loud and obnoxious.
After some time had passed, I realized that the noise level in the place hadn't risen much in decibels. When I looked over at their tables again, they were using sign language. They were all obviously deaf.
So, what is language anyway?

If you smile at me
I will understand
Because that is something
Everybody everywhere does
In the same Language

Crosby, Stills, Nash
(Wooden Ships)

[lateralus]

Well, I only bothered to read the first post, but most words in modern languages are direct descendents of the languages that preceded them. I believe English is composed mostly of Latin and German. Look at the similarities between many of the words in Spanish, and their Latin equivalents. I'm not sure how a language evolves into another language, but I assume it is due to regional slang, mispronunciations, accents, and the like.

This is eerie; many threads that've been popping up are the very things I've been wondering about lately.