Thanks, Piers, that was nicely put ("nicely" in the old way, I mean).
It's what I meant by "narrowed down".
Chris
On 24 May 2010, at 23:44, Piers Hemy wrote:
> The second scenario above has as its result the "desertification" of
> language, as it strips the mis-applied word of its original meaning, and
> leaves the language without the nuance that the original word in its
> original meaning had.
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