Celebrity Solstice was, at 122,000 GT, the largest ship to be built at a German shipyard, but this record was surpassed by the Disney Dream, a 128,000 GT cruise ship of the Disney Cruise Line.
Languages can definitely change and they can diverge. For example, Latin split up into the modern Romance languages: Portuguese, Spanish, Romanian, Galician, etc. This is less known, but languages can also converge: those languages are called creole. Some people argue that English is also similar to a creole: a mix of Germanic and French.
SL convergence divergence teacher.doc Â© www.morelearning.net 2010 Page 1 of 1 Convergence and Divergence Convergence is where we change our language to show we like someone. Divergence is where we make our language more different from someone to show we dislike them. Upwards convergence is where a regional speaker becomes more RP to show they like the RP speaker.