Talk:The Grounders (Earth)/@comment-24831261-20140425024206/@comment-25869525-20141216070507

Even going by the books, where apparently it's supposed to be closer to 300 years, the spoken language shouldn't change as much as it has over the supposed 97 years on the show. Yes, in 300 years, or even 97, there would be some changes, but not nearly as vast as we've seen from the grounders on the show. Any language they have should still be close enough to regular American English to not require subtitles.

Now, the written language...just comparing things people post online, here and of course other forums, to how people wrote just 20 years ago, I'd have to say the written language is currently being tortured to death.