On 2012-02-10 21:06:47 +0000, Joris Pinkse said:
> try a certain four letter word starting with an f and it shows you the
> word frequency over the centuries.... we're pretty polite these days!
I think you'll find that the decline in frequency correlates very
closely with the decline in printing the long s (in English -- I
realize it survived much longer in German).
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athel