General Discussion

together.

I speak a number of languages. Somewhere, centuries ago, the English language began to be formed when the Romans left their words and the Germanic tribes left their words. We now have only a few Anglo-Saxon words in our language. That was one of the original languages as far as we know of the British Isles.

Language is constantly changing. We hear their and they're. They are from the point of view of sound, interchangeable for most of us. Since people type words less and less often, it is likely that our language will become more a language in which the spelling reflects accepted transcription of sound.

Our language is changing now because of computers. It will continue to change. Expressions I learned as a child some 74 years ago are no longer used.

Our Founding Fathers spelled a number of words differently than we do. Amazing, isn't it?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_English