Well, this is disappointing and certain to put a crimp in any weekend time travel plans. The short video below discusses the evolution of the English language, and how far back one could go and still understand what people are saying.
On a positive note, we can all add the terms “battyfang” and “barber-monger” to our vocabularies.
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About David Crotty
I am the Editorial Director, Journals Policy for Oxford University Press. I oversee journal policy and contribute to strategy across OUP’s journals program, drive technological innovation, serve as an information officer, and manage a suite of research society-owned journals. I was previously an Executive Editor with Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, creating and editing new science books and journals, and was the Editor in Chief for Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. I received my Ph.D. in Genetics from Columbia University and did developmental neuroscience research at Caltech before moving from the bench to publishing. I have been elected to the STM Association Board and serve on the interim Board of Directors for CHOR Inc., a not-for-profit public-private partnership to increase public access to research.
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Posted by Name Withheld | Mar 25, 2016, 6:00 am