February 17th, 2010 An Archaic Language
Like most homeschoolers we have a few vintage and antique readers around the house, including reprints of McGuffey.
After glancing through the 4th reader, I’m almost convinced that 19th century English will be as incomprehensible as Old English in a few decades….except perhaps among the homeschoolers who grow up on these relics. It’s just amazing to me how quickly our language has changed…perhaps degenerated is a better word. Simplification is not necessarily a bad thing, but I wonder if our ability to express ourselves has diminished.
Certainly our vocabulary has.
I hv to wndr how lng it wl b bfr we all rt lk ths? Lts of kds alrdy do.
