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Once upon a time

"Once upon a time there was a dence forest.There lived a beautiful girl." the story goes on like this. The phrase "once upon a time" is losing its charm and people are using it occassionally.
The elders are not using these words to remember their younger days nor the kids enjoying the stories told in the same old way.
This shows the evolution of language which is rapidly changing in the last ten years. What was theoretical has become practical. There must be some more or many more phrases which are fading away in the usage of language.
Jahnavi
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  1. Susan A EamesApril 18, 2016 at 1:44 PM

    It's how language evolves, Jahnavi. For example, there are lots of expressions my parents used that I would never use today.


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    1. JanviApril 19, 2016 at 10:23 AM

      Certainly. Not only words even the way they spoke the language has changed.

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  2. Susan Gourley/KelleyApril 18, 2016 at 4:37 PM

    That's interesting. I think if a story starts with 'once upon a time' we automatically think it isn't true.

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  3. harada57September 12, 2017 at 9:46 PM

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