Is the English language being "dumbed down", and if so, why? (user search)
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The Mikado
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« on: March 29, 2013, 05:49:10 PM »
RIP Þ thorn and ſ long s, casualties of English's dumbing down.  Sad  May you rest by Æ and Œ in peace.
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« Reply #1 on: April 02, 2013, 01:57:10 PM »
Quote from: HoosierPoliticalJunkie on April 02, 2013, 01:40:07 PM
If someone turned in an essay for school in the style of Shakespeare, they would get tons of points taken off for lack of clarity, poor grammar, etc.

Everything is relative to the timeframe.

Screw Shakespeare, write an essay for school in the style of Chaucer.  With Chaucer's favorite subjects, of course.

I love old Geoffrey Chaucer.  Smiley
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