A good example of the evolution of language is the way the word "Draft" and its related words have changed in usage. Drought is the older spelling of draft. Older writing will refer to taking a drought of water, or feeling a drought of air. Older writing will refer to a period without rain as a drouth. One seldom sees a mention of drouth after the 1940s, when it was replaced by drought. At the same time, people started talking about feeling a draft, and bars began serving draft beer.
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