Re: Language Corruption

Garrett wrote:
>
> Here's my theory: Languages are becoming more corrupted through time. Look
> at the languages of today - they have all sorts of idiosyncracies,
> irregularities, idioms, and stuff like that. Look at the ancient languages
> like Latin or Greek - they may have a bunch of cases and stuff, but at
> least they're regular, AFAIK.
> --
I recall having read in some Latin grammar or another, that 60% of
all Latin verbs are irregular, not to mention the joys of the
3rd declension :)  Every language has idioms, ancient or otherwise.
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