GUEST,Shimrod

So, Snail, are you saying that the word 'book' (or 'snail' or 'plate' or 'tree') has a different meaning to the meaning it had 55 years ago (or 155 years ago, for that matter)?

Are you saying they always existed? Are you saying their meaning was decided by a committee? The time scale varies. Has this word stayed the same?

I just get the impression that some people are more interested in the word and the definition than they are in the music.