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Our language is changing (but mostly the rare bits)

Posted in Inspired by Clare on October 12th, 2007

An article in this week’s Nature argues that the more common a word is, the less likely it is to change over time. Rare words, on the other hand, are far more likely to alter in meaning, pronunciation and spelling.

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