How many honest words have suffered corruption since Chaucer's days!
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Questions how much integrity language has lost since Chaucer's time.
- In plain terms
- Language has become less honest over time.
- What can you take from it?
- Be aware of language corruption.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Has language lost meaning?
- What makes words honest?
Another view
Language evolves, it does not necessarily corrupt.
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