> it's commonly believed by linguists to have been caused, or very greatly helped along, by the bubonic plague I have a master's degree in linguistics and I've

> it's commonly believed by linguists to have been caused, or very greatly helped along, by the bubonic plague I have a master's degree in linguistics and I've never heard about that theory before. I don't want to argue about the validity of it (obviously, because I'm not familiar with it) but I will say that I don't agree that it's commonly believed by linguists.