Question

Select an adult who is 30 years or older to interview. This person can be a parent, grandparent, neighbor, teacher, etc.

Ask your interviewee to identify three words or phrases used when he or she was your age and tell what those words or phrases meant.


Based on the meanings of the three examples you collected, identify current words or phrases used today that have the same meaning as those from 30+ years ago.


Write a brief explanation, detailing what you learned from this interview on our evolving language and what factors you feel might influence language to continually change.

Answer 1

Slow and steady wins the race.

One man's trash is another man's treasure.

Penny wise, pound foolish.

Step-by-step explanation:

I interviewed my grand father who is almost 65 years of age. He uses many phrases and saying whenever he is teaching us something. We learn alot from his experiences. My grandfather always says that slow and steady wins the race which means that going panic can make you loose the game.

He often says that one man trash is another man treasure and this is true as I have seen example from my own eyes. One can throw away the food in the garbage but beggars find food in the garbage and eat it to stay alive.

Penny wise pound foolish is the most used phrase by my grand father. He says that you can save pennies in the box but cannot save pound in the box. You look for the things that save few pennies but you spend pounds on other luxuries without thinking about its necessity.