I said
> It has been made more than clear on this thread, many times over, that "folk", "folk song" and "folk singer" mean different things to different people or in different contexts. We can accept that situation or resent it but we can't change it.

and From: Phil Edwards 04 Oct 14 - 09:12 AM said
> How do you think the meaning of words does change, then? By Act of Parliament?

Is that rhetorical or does it require an answer? Will "Of course not" suffice? I could go on about how meanings do change, but it would be even more of a drift from the subject of this thread.

But I wasn't talking about how we can or can't change a meaning. I was saying that we (i.e. the participants in this thread and others with an interest in this subject) can't change the situation of there being multiple meanings.