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Falcata, saunion and falarica...
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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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Falcata, saunion and falarica... - by Ben Kane - 02-19-2010, 09:33 PM
Falcata, saunion and falarica... - by Ben Kane - 02-20-2010, 09:55 PM
Falcata, saunion and falarica... - by Ben Kane - 02-21-2010, 09:50 AM
Falcata, saunion and falarica... - by Ben Kane - 02-22-2010, 11:31 AM
Re: Falcata, saunion and falarica... - by Ron Andrea - 02-23-2010, 12:29 PM
Falcata, saunion and falarica... - by Ben Kane - 02-24-2010, 09:25 AM
Re: Falcata, saunion and falarica... - by Rumo - 02-24-2010, 02:17 PM
Re: Falcata, saunion and falarica... - by Rumo - 02-24-2010, 04:40 PM
Falcata, saunion and falarica... - by Ben Kane - 02-25-2010, 09:18 AM
Falcata, saunion and falarica... - by Ben Kane - 02-27-2010, 07:59 PM
Falcata, saunion and falarica... - by Ben Kane - 03-03-2010, 09:43 AM
Falcata, saunion and falarica... - by Ben Kane - 03-03-2010, 08:02 PM

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