http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/1620.html Some Chicago Boyz know each other from student days at the University of Chicago. Others are Chicago boys in spirit. The blog name is also intended as a good-humored gesture of admiration for distinguished Chicago boys including those pictured above. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:24:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/1620.html/comment-page-1#comment-1186 Tom Penn Tue, 18 Nov 2003 14:08:44 +0000 http://www390.pair.com/chicagob/blog/001620.php#comment-1186 Also from the review, the 100 most common English words used today were present in Old English 1,000 years ago; & Churchill's speeches rely on this lexicon. Along these lines, an interesting book from about 25 years ago, probably well known here, is Alan Macfarlane's "Origins of English Individualism," in which he finds the cultural, social, economic and legal underpinnings for the Anglosphere already present in England by the Thirteenth Century at the latest. If the rest are to play catch-up, there is a great span to traverse. Also from the review, the 100 most common English words used today were present in Old English 1,000 years ago; & Churchill’s speeches rely on this lexicon. Along these lines, an interesting book from about 25 years ago, probably well known here, is Alan Macfarlane’s “Origins of English Individualism,” in which he finds the cultural, social, economic and legal underpinnings for the Anglosphere already present in England by the Thirteenth Century at the latest. If the rest are to play catch-up, there is a great span to traverse.

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