The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #127587   Message #2861093
Posted By: Jim Carroll
10-Mar-10 - 11:47 AM
Thread Name: Is traditional song finished?
Subject: RE: Is traditional song finished?
Tom"
We own a common language, that is the basis of our contact with one another. We have no right as individuals or as a group to alter that language and those who do get books written about them - have you read 1984?
"It uses/used the word Folk as a LABEL"
No Tom, the definition is a summary of the component parts, not a random sample of society at large's opinion.
"There are no vested interests here."
Tell that to someone who is likely to believe it Tom.
""Definitions don't get voted out of existence"
Bugger - did I miss that referendum?
Isn't this fun?
More later
Jim Carroll