English teacher Gideon Ben-Ami of LetThemTalkTV traveled back in linguistic history to show how casual phrases, such as saying “hello”, have evolved over 1,000 years. Ben-Ami used the timeline checkpoints of 1000, 1380, 1580, 1850, and 2026 to illustrate differences in English greetings.
How English Conversation has Changed 1000 to 2026