02-23-2010, 12:29 PM
I agree. How people actually use a word--more than what it originally meant--is how languages evolve. It's frustrating for those trying to decipher some obscure text, but it's life. Many words start out as simple descriptors, then become used as the description.
"Fugit irreparabile tempus" (Irrecoverable time glides away) Virgil
Ron Andrea
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