The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #76406   Message #1354485
Posted By: GUEST,Russ
11-Dec-04 - 11:50 PM
Thread Name: Tradition or just a bit old?
Subject: RE: Tradition or just a bit old?
"Tradition" and "traditional" are not univocal. Probably never have been. Persons have traditions, families have traditions, communities have traditions, etc. Word means something a little bit (or a lot) different in each context.

Probably the only words that get used consistently with a single unambigious meaning are found in legal and technical documents.

Ordinary language. Forget it.

Definitional disputes don't get interesting until money is involved.