Dictionaries do not define what words mean. They're snapshots of moving targets taken by sometimes clumsy photographers.
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@paulg A dictionary, like any standard, is both vital and stifling.
@rafael_j What I'm trying to say is that dictionaries aren't even standards.
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@paulg Agree with the (bad) snapshot. Related: in the MA people all over Europe thought they spoke Latin; it was proto-French, -Spanish, etcThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg …but they didn't realize it until the language academies and the dictionaries started to appear and froze those languages.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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