Submitted by TheConstructorFL t3_10oz59q in Futurology
Sonova_Vondruke t1_j6hlu56 wrote
That's the nature of languages; they change. Many words we use today and accept were once longer and considered slang at one point. Eventually, people accept them as proper and they get added to the normal lexicon. That doesn't mean "longer words will soon disappear" just some words are shortened...
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