Oldest words in English?

[Dennis Baron]

If you go to the website at reading where Pagel had his time-travel
list, this is the message you get, though the meaning of "soon" is not
clarified:

"Words to use through time.

This web page has been removed temporally.
Please check back soon ."

http://www.evolution.reading.ac.uk/WordChanges/


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On Feb 26, 2009, at 11:44 AM, Victor wrote:

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> My first reaction was, if BBC picked it up, it must be wrong. The
> Times
> seems to be in good company--is there *any* British non-specialist
> publication that can handle science reporting? Or are we heaping scorn
> on Dr. Pagel for misleading poor journos yet again?
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> It does sound a bit like the Indoeuropean version of the Bible Code.
>
>    VS-)
>
> RonButters at AOL.COM wrote:
>> Either the TIMES reporter was totally inept, or Dr. Pagel knows
>> very little=20
>> about language. The article is filled with nonsense.
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