Yes, the English language is essentially the same as it was when these Macs (and the eMate) were current, and will probably remain quite so, as long as we continue to communicate (yes, it will evolve, but the basic structural elements of the language will probably not change much for the foreseeable future, as it really hasn't changed much over the last 200 years or so (or so it seems from some VERY informal research in Wikipedia).

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