The Secret Life of Words: English Words and Their Origins
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English is changing all around us. We see this in new words such as �bling� and �email,� and from the loss of old forms such as �shall.� It�s a human impulse to play with language and to create new words and meanings�but also to worry about the decay of language. Does text messaging signal the end of �pure English�? Why do teenagers pepper their sentences with �like� and �you know�?
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