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Raelyn Campbell <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 10 May 1996 10:58:51 +0900
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Oh, and by the way - I think languages change over time, don't you?  I am not a
language specialist or linguist or anything like that, but definitions seem to e
volve sometimes as society that uses them changes.  What were the first museums?

I think the way we use words, and the changes that can occur, can be very intere
sting.  I may "turn" the channel on my TV, but I do it by pushing a button now r
ather than turning a knob.  How about "rolling down" an electrically powered car
 window?  I guess we have to take into consideration idiom in all of this...

Just food for thought.

Tim Campbell

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