Correct Kastin,
Within 500 years the English language will be no more recognisable to our generation than Chaucer's English is to us. Try reading hand written letters from the 15th or 16th centuries - same.
Good examples at the links below:
medievalwriting.50megs.com/scripts/examples/cursive15.htm
medievalwriting.50megs.com/scripts/examples/chancery1.htm
