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[Andreis Passarinho]

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On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 9:42 AM, Henry M <scuffling at gmail.com> wrote:

> Linguists identify 15,000-year-old ‘ultraconserved words’
>
> The traditional view is that words can’t survive for more than 8,000
> to 9,000 years. Evolution, linguistic “weathering” and the adoption of
> replacements from other languages eventually drive ancient words to
> extinction, just like the dinosaurs of the Jurassic era.
>
> A new study, however, suggests that’s not always true.
>
> A team of researchers has come up with a list of two dozen
> “ultraconserved words” that have survived 150 centuries. It includes
> some predictable entries: “mother,” “not,” “what,” “to hear” and
> “man.” It also contains surprises: “to flow,” “ashes” and “worm.”
>
>
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/linguists-identify-15000-year-old-ultraconserved-words/2013/05/06/a02e3a14-b427-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html
>
> It would be interesting, and perhaps even informative, to determine
> the frequency of the use of ultraconserved words by particular
> authors.
>
> Yours truly,
> ٩(●̮̮̃•̃)۶
> Henry Musikar, CISSP
> http://astore.amazon.com/tdcoccamsaxe-20
>
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