Give this podcast [0] a listen, the meaning of words evolve over time. much of comman talk in the 1600's would not be very well understood today simply because

Give this podcast [0] a listen, the meaning of words evolve over time. much of comman talk in the 1600's would not be very well understood today simply because the actual meaning of words has changed. [0] http://www.econtalk.org/john-mcwhorter-on-the-evolution-of-language-and-words-on-the-move/ http://www.econtalk.org/john-mcwhorter-on-the-evolution-of-l...