Yup it did, dang its so easy to read peoples mind..:D I meant "Older" in the sense that it hasn't changed as much as British English. There's an identical phenomenon with Mexican and Southwestern US Spanish, it's closer to the Spanish of the 1600's than the Spanish spoken today in Spain, due to the LONG period of time with few outside influences..... okiz mez gonez now...kaamz garnaiz paryoz....