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'Oldest English words' identified

CarolCarol
edited February 2009 in - Reading
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7911645.stm

Comments

  • Jay MandalJay Mandal
    That's 'I', not 'i'. :-)
  • CarolCarol
    :)
  • JennyJenny
    Amazing that they think they can see into the future!
  • Jay MandalJay Mandal
    I bet people thought spam was going to die out once the Second World War had finished.
  • BillBill
    when a cave man hit his fingers with a flint axe while doing a job for his missus I wonder if he said B******S.
    =======

    I would have thought the first word uttered by a woman would be NO!

    ;-)
  • Baggy BooksBaggy Books
    Ah yes, but what was the question?
  • LolliLolli
    I can see how 'squeeze' 'stick' and 'bad' will die out in their slang uses, as slang is always shortlived, but that the words will disappear altogether? I can't see that happening.

    I expect the first caveman who hit his fingers with a flint axe went aauuuuggh or similar, Bill. And the first word uttered by a woman would have been 'DON'T' :P
  • BillBill
    :-)
  • Stan2Stan2
    .
  • JennyJenny
    If you were starting a new language, what would be your first word?
  • Jay MandalJay Mandal
    Mama is one of the first, and it's virtually the same in several European languages. It's also 'something' a baby will usually see.
  • BillBill
    There was a little filler in the Sun today about a mute woman who surprised her new husband by uttering her first word.
    "No"
    :D
  • VericaVerica
    I can't imagine 'stab' dying out, unfortunately, considering the knife culture nowadays! I agree with Mama and have mourned the day my children swapped it for 'Mum', as to me that is a roll on deodorant.
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