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fracture
Mar 17, 2007, 2:25 AM
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themadmilkman wrote: fracture wrote: themadmilkman wrote: fracture wrote: A word always means what most native speakers think it means. Period. I hope you never set foot in a courtroom... I hope you never read anything about the science of linguistics. The realization that you are an ignorant moron might have the type of ego-shattering repercussions that I wouldn't wish on anyone. I have studied linguistics, thank you very much. And I am certainly not an ignorant moron. And I hold my ground, as well. Walking into a courtroom believing that a word ALWAYS has a certain meaning would lead to an ego-shattering by the opposing counsel that would have very dire consequences. Ok. Do you mean that words are often redefined for use as jargon in specialized contexts? If so, 100% agreed. (And when the jargon lasts longer than a single piece of writing, or whatever, as it does in our legal system, then it becomes identifiably separate senses of the word, which fits in with the intended meaning (but not the wording) of my original statement.)
(This post was edited by fracture on Mar 17, 2007, 2:48 AM)
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