Re: Age of langs (was Tempus)

In a message dated 3/10/2001 2:52:00 AM Pacific Standard Time,
and_yo@HOTMAIL.COM writes:


> I'm not entirely sure what you mean with "more-derived" and "less-derived".
> If you're refering to how much langs have changed from their common
> ancestor, I think the answer is still no. Modern Icelandic is more
> CONSERVATIVE than modern Norwegian (either variant), but that doesn't make
> Icelandic OLDER than Norwegian.
>
>
       If I were to go back in time, say, 3,000 years, and I spoke modern
English, there would be no one on Earth who understood me, not even a little
bit.  So, if you want to say that someone who could neither speak nor
understand modern English is someone who speaks and understands it, be my
guest.  I still think this whole argument is utterly ridiculous.

-David

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