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If one of my English professors in college was correct...
... then the common lexicon had three times the number of words in Shakespeare's day as compared to modern English.
Commoners attending one of the plays at Stratford were actually expected to be able to follow the language, as well as the storylines.
So the question is, has the language become more streamlined and efficient, or just more boring?
To keep the thread on the subject of guns, though, I was actually surprised that Mattie fired even one successful shot, given that they never showed her reloading her cylinder after being immersed in the river. I would not think that would work so well with a cap and ball revolver....
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