nifty@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoCan you say shibbolethlemmy.worldimagemessage-square306fedilinkarrow-up11.19Karrow-down116
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minus-squaremods_are_assholes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-22 years agoYou’re not exactly wrong. Spoken english was shaped by mostly the use of common people while writing was exclusively the domain of the clergy and nobility for a very long time.
You’re not exactly wrong. Spoken english was shaped by mostly the use of common people while writing was exclusively the domain of the clergy and nobility for a very long time.
Noah Webster didn’t go far enuf