The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #135889   Message #3104061
Posted By: GUEST,Dáithí
28-Feb-11 - 04:33 AM
Thread Name: BS: old words - new meanings
Subject: RE: BS: old words - new meanings
Refute now apparently means deny; disinterested now means uninterested; people (standard, in USA?)say different than when they mean different from....languages change, but sometimes nice (!!!) distictions and nuances are thereby lost.
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