Words like 'comambulate'... as a foreigner, I pretty much learned to speak english (vocabulary and spelling wise) better then most native speakers due to 1st edition AD&D. When I went to college in the States, local fellow students asked ME how to spell stuff...
_Most_ people who complain vituperatively about the 'simplistic' old style adventures do not have enough grasp of the evolution of DnD. It was the first of its kind, and based off of miniatures wargames. It simply had some lessons to learn. Think of 'Old Skool' as being the game in its infancy. Think of second edition as the phase of experimentation, with some good aspects and some bad ones. Some people prefer not to grow up, and thus still prefer the older editions with all the Gygaxianisms included.
It is actually quite fascinating to see how DnD is almost coming back 360 degrees by now emphasising the wargame aspect with all the minitatures and special combat maneuver oriented stuff. In essence, the game is going back to its roots of the original Chain Mail, albeit in a highly sophisticated way.
