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Re: [newmellotrongroup] English spellings...

2010-03-02 by Rick Blechta

On Mar 2, 2010, at 9:37 AM, tronbros@aol.com wrote:

> Language evolves and it's healthy that it does so.  Nothing stays the same forever and even glancing at a British newspaper from 30 years ago reveals a stangely archaic style of writing.  I personally like the fact that 'bastard' was much more offensive 300 years ago than the infamous C word.  So much so that in good old Londinium there was a street called Grope Cunt Lane frequented by prostitutes. 

Ahhh, good olde London Towne...

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