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Sunday, June 18, 2017

Down through the years our language has changed a lot. All one has to do is go back and read from the old King James Bible and the difference is dramatic. I have a hard time understanding the old King James English. But not only have the basics of the language changed, but also a lot of words and what they mean. "Coke" back a bunch of years was a bottle of soda of some kind and not necessarily Coke. When we said we wanted a "coke" it might mean a Nehi Grape Soda. Today coke means something entirely different. We said "neat" a bunch of years ago, but I guess that's not in style today. When we moved south many waitresses have called me "honey." That wouldn't happen up north in Nebraska.

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