Aloha,
As soon as I sent my earlier post, I re-discovered the article, which
originates at Science Now. I neglected to use ICE AGE in my quick
search. Here's the Wired version:
<<English May Have Retained Words From an Ice Age Language>>
By Elizabeth Norton, ScienceNOW05.07.13
<<...some words, including I, you, here, how, not, and two, are replaced
only once every 10,000 or even 20,000 years. >>
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/05/ice-age-language/
Musing Languages & Magic Change! Rose,
Pitch
native speaker of Northern Californian English (mid-20th Century)
pronounces it maa-jik
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