Wilf Popoff
July 7, 2015 by Wilf Popoff | 5 Comments on Wasted Words: How Language Sometimes Evolves
I’m aware of the organic nature of living languages and their need to adapt. If I forget, a glimpse of Chaucer brings me up short. His poetry shows just how much a language can change in six centuries. The remarkable capacity of English to absorb fresh concepts and to express new ideas and technology enables […]
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