I’ve said it before, and I will say it again, English is like water–it shifts, it flows, and it takes what it wants from every other language it comes across. That naughty penchant for word-thievery is what makes English so much fun to play with.
This continual evolution is also what makes it so difficult to work with. The very roots of English encourage the continual changing soundscape, because it is a living language.
Think about it–a bunch of smart guys in Victorian England applied the rules of a dead language, Latin, to an evolving language with completely different roots, Frisian glued to Old French, added a bunch of made-up words and usages invented by William Shakespeare, and called it “Grammar.”
Consider these words that either signify lazy speech habits or a shift in the language:
- Supposably… oh wait, did you mean
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You’re very welcome, Connie! Have a lovely day! @v@ ❤
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