Romans didn't have TVs, and couldn't still listen to recordings of people talking from a century before. edit: If we're not killed by corruption, the assumptio

Romans didn't have TVs, and couldn't still listen to recordings of people talking from a century before. edit: If we're not killed by corruption, the assumption is that people will be enjoying films made in the 1920's and 30's in the 2220's and the 2230's. That's completely unprecedented, and has to pin a language to a certain extent. Imagine if during the Great Vowel Shift, everybody could listen (and did listen, for entertainment) to people speaking at length from before. It would have ended up a fashion where maybe a couple of features stuck. In 2230, there will be 300 years of film to watch. The past will overwhelm the present.