Oldest word in the English language

[Duane Campbell]

On Fri, 2 May 2003 16:15:56 -0400 "Billionbridges.com"

> In a specious and facetious manner appropriate to
> proclamations of this sort made on TV news, I propose
> that the oldest word must surely be any and all
> variations of the expression "Ouch!"

I'd go with "Oh, shit!"

You say "Ouch" when you get hurt. You say "Oh, shit" when you screw up. I
don't know about you, but ...

OK, it's two words, I know. But maybe paleolithic people had one word for
the same thing.

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