Language is slipping :(

Yeah, uhm, I want to be an English major when I go to college, so I'm quite aware of the evolution of English. I can even read Old English.

Yay! You can tell me what I got wrong in my little summary, then.

And here's a question that I've never known the answer to:

Why was an f used in words istead of double s or an s at the start of the word in the 16th/17th/18th Century?

I only know a basic outline of the history of English. But I saw nothing wrong with your summary, going off my knowledge of English.

And I too have often wondered about their use of the f instead of double s or simply s.

Ah well... looks like it shall be an answer lost in the annals of time.

I'll tell ya what: when I learn why they did that, I will tell you.

Yay!

You do that KG, you do that.

I am quite aware of the devolution of English.