Re: [LEAPSECS] Risks of change to UTC

From: Clive D.W. Feather <clive_at_demon.net>
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 13:54:40 +0000

M. Warner Losh said:
> 1500 years ago, no one spoke English. Chances are the people that
> deal with this problem in 1000 or 2000 years won't speak any language
> recognizable to anybody alive today.

Why not? Greek and Latin, to name two, were spoken that long ago and are
recognisable today.

And the English of 1000 years ago is still an official language of the
Netherlands (under the name "Frisian").

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