http://www.historyrhymes.info/2009/02/26/oldest-english-words/ The journal of an American history student. Sun, 18 Apr 2010 06:15:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.historyrhymes.info/2009/02/26/oldest-english-words/comment-page-1/#comment-3236 Alex Seifert Fri, 27 Feb 2009 18:48:44 +0000 http://www.historyrhymes.info/?p=398#comment-3236 I assume it was done by the Department of Applied Linguistics. I can't say for sure though as the article simply says the study was done by researches at Reading University. I'm not entirely sure I agree with the idea of "bad" as one of the words going away. To me, it seems like "bad" is too much of a fundamental word in English to really ever disappear. I could be wrong though. I assume it was done by the Department of Applied Linguistics. I can’t say for sure though as the article simply says the study was done by researches at Reading University. I’m not entirely sure I agree with the idea of “bad” as one of the words going away. To me, it seems like “bad” is too much of a fundamental word in English to really ever disappear. I could be wrong though.

]]> http://www.historyrhymes.info/2009/02/26/oldest-english-words/comment-page-1/#comment-3233 Pam Walter Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:51:00 +0000 http://www.historyrhymes.info/?p=398#comment-3233 Was this study performed by the Department of Applied Linguistics at Reading? It seems to have a very good reputation so they might be right in their predictions for words on their way out, but "bad" going away? What does that say about the state of society? Was this study performed by the Department of Applied Linguistics at Reading? It seems to have a very good reputation so they might be right in their predictions for words on their way out, but “bad” going away? What does that say about the state of society?

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