>I do believe the English have also changed the language a bit over the
>centuries.  The English of Chaucer was not the English of the Beowolf
>poet, nor is Shakespere's English that of Chaucer.  The Brittish English
>of today is not exactly that which was spoken by Shakespere, either.
>Language altering is not strictly an American habit, but in the passing
>of history nearly every language has developed it's own dialects, and
>every written language has made extensive changes to its orthography.
>Let's be fair....


Off topic, but here goes:
Those of you with RealAudio should visit
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/BBC_English/swissconf
somewhere on that site, Peter Trudgill (linguist) estimates how English will
sound in 200 years' time...

CU
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