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How Fast Language Can Change
Season 6
Episode 9
Words with common, generally agreed upon meanings are changing. Where the meanings of words shift over time, sometimes even leaving their original meaning behind. Linguists study the patterns for how and why this happens have figured out that there are words in your vocabulary that future generations may not even recognize in the way you use them today.
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