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Originally Posted by tspikes51
There is a difference between antiquation (is that a word?) and evolution. The dropping of words in common use isn't a complete overhaul of the language. What I am talking about is on a much larger scale than a couple words.
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Putting words into antiquity and evolution are pretty much teh same. Dropping a few words isn't a complete overhaul, thats true. But it is part of that complete overhaul. And in the old days, people didn't simply not use 'thy' and 'thee' - completely different words, sayings, and pronunciations (bad spelling i know, but its late) were used.
A hundred years ago, even, what is common language would sound very different from today. Heck, go back 50 years, and even that is different in many aspects.
As you get closer in years, there is less of a difference but language evolves bit by bit, not in huge sudden changes.