Fashion styles and political parties in power differ over time, because people need change. But as the world evolves, so does the English language. This is mainly due to current affairs and as Nicki Minaj would say, it's nice to get caught up to date so you can determine "what's good?" Certain words become archaic just because they're not deemed popular anymore and then they gradually become obsolete. However, there are phrases that we no longer say anymore because in 2015, they seem silly. With scientific and technological discoveries and developments, there are a lot of things that we now know to be true and previous theories are eradicated. For example, you're never going to hear anyone now say that they definitely believe that the Earth is flat, waving their Round Is Wrong flags with pride. A lot of phrases are now archaic simply because of technology and the sheer amount of it that is incorporated into our society. Your never hear your mum telling you to make sure that you have change just in case you need to get in touch with her when you're out. In fact, does anyone even use phone boxes anymore? So here are 15 things that no one says anymore, and technology is probably the reason that children no longer have fun by playing outside
15. Get Off The Internet, I Need To Use The Phone
Kids these days would look at you as if you were daft. In fact, half of them probably don't even know their landline number by heart because it's not as if they'd need to give it out to people at school as their only source of communication when they get home. They will never understand that soul destroying sound of the dial up connection that you had to endure until you were connected to the internet. And just as you were talking to your friends and re-living the events of that day over MSN, your mum would shout up the stairs and tell you to get off of the internet so that she could use the house phone.
