Yes. YES! A thousand times yes, though this table omits “significant”, which means (in a word) ~”real”; Most people misuse it as though it were a synonym for “substantial”.
It’s Wrong, NatGeoTV!
Say Goodbye to "Squeeze", "Guts", "Stick" and "Bad"
According to researchers at Reading University, the words “squeeze”, “guts”, “stick” and “bad” are most likely the first to become extinct in the evolution of English. “Their computer model analyses the rate of change of words in English and the languages that share a common heritage,” reports BBC News. The same team has identified “I”, “we”, “two” and “three” as the English language’s oldest words.
Interesting . . .
Oh, AP . . . Thank You!
You fixed “muddy farmer’s field” but left “smashing into three pieces.” Smashed into three pieces of what?