What do you mean the language is going "into the gutter"?
Languages arent stiff unchangeable things. Languages evolve! Ever read medieval or reneissance poetry? The english of 200 years ago wouldnt even be recognisable today. Languages are formed through cultural changes and thereby never stay the same. I bet 100 years ago someone else was saying that language was going down the gutter.
Did you know that "groto" is the italian word for "cave", and that during the renaissace in caves arrounf italian cities, roman villas with mosaics containing pornographic images were discovered.
This dicovery and italian word for cave lead to the formation and establishment of the word "grotesk" which exists in all european langauges. "millionaire" is a french word, which entered other european languages during the 17th century when ordenary citizens managed to get rich for the first time. "Russ" is old arabic for "to row" and the vikings who traded with the arabs and byzantiens over the russian rivers thereby gave "Russia" it`s name. Other examples are probably Blitzkrieg and Kindergarten, all in all I hope these examples show how language is a constantly evolving thin - which never goes down a gutter.
I had latin and greek in school, and I think it was very usefull.
Languages arent stiff unchangeable things. Languages evolve! Ever read medieval or reneissance poetry? The english of 200 years ago wouldnt even be recognisable today. Languages are formed through cultural changes and thereby never stay the same. I bet 100 years ago someone else was saying that language was going down the gutter.
Did you know that "groto" is the italian word for "cave", and that during the renaissace in caves arrounf italian cities, roman villas with mosaics containing pornographic images were discovered.
This dicovery and italian word for cave lead to the formation and establishment of the word "grotesk" which exists in all european langauges. "millionaire" is a french word, which entered other european languages during the 17th century when ordenary citizens managed to get rich for the first time. "Russ" is old arabic for "to row" and the vikings who traded with the arabs and byzantiens over the russian rivers thereby gave "Russia" it`s name. Other examples are probably Blitzkrieg and Kindergarten, all in all I hope these examples show how language is a constantly evolving thin - which never goes down a gutter.
I had latin and greek in school, and I think it was very usefull.
