March 3, 2009
same old words
Mark Pagel, of the University of Reading, etymological study shows that certain words are as old as the Ice Age:
“If a time traveller wanted to go back in time to a specific date, we could probably draw up a little phrasebook of the modern words that are likely to have sounded similar back then,” he told The Times. “You wouldn’t be able to discuss anything very complicated, but it might be enough to get you out of a tight spot.”
Some of the words included: I, We, Three, and Five.
Also, words likely to die out: dirty, squeeze, bad, because, guts, to name a few.
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