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[OzzyKP]

There have been so many new words introduced in the last century. Look at all the differences between Shakespeare's English and ours. Go back 900 years and it is very difficult to understand.

900 years from now I imagine English will borrow even more words from other languages, and have lots of new words to describe things we haven't thought of yet. I'm with Kuci, it'll be much different.

[Ben Kenobi]

Good question.

http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/teams/hasenfratz.htm

This would be the nearest analogy.

[Aeson]

900 years we might not even be around. Once GM viruses become high school science projects we're all pretty much dead...

[Fake Boris]

Originally posted by OzzyKP
There have been so many new words introduced in the last century. Look at all the differences between Shakespeare's English and ours. Go back 900 years and it is very difficult to understand.

900 years from now I imagine English will borrow even more words from other languages, and have lots of new words to describe things we haven't thought of yet. I'm with Kuci, it'll be much different.

New words sure, but I was under the impression that Kuci meant syntax (as he said it would require "several years of study"). I'd say more like a few weeks...

[Kuciwalker]

Well 12-century "English" was an entirely different language. I don't think we'll evolve as much as it did, but I do think vocabulary alone will change enough to make things difficult.