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Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2005 9:46 pm
by montrealbreaks
trash wrote:the word 'anarchy' is a good example
as is 'defence'

anarchy now means chaos instead of no government
and defence nows means attack instead of defence...

very clever but they dont fool me!
A discriminating person used to be somebody with refined tastes. Today it's a derogatory term for a bigot.

Words change all the time. Sometimes it's societal changes, sometimes it's intentional.

Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2005 10:49 pm
by trash
err yes quite...
but what i was talking about was intentional changes...
im not quite sure what you are getting at there...