How can a definition of something that happened in the past be rendered "out of date"
It can be wrong say because it has misinterpreted the information it was working with, but that is nor what is being argued here
Perhaps if you substitute "out of day" for "inconvenient in certain circles" you might be nearer the truth
That is the nub of all this
Some of you appear to believe that folk song is out of date and would prefer it to be something else
Definitions don't work like that
Some of us still enjoy singing and listening to centuries old ballads and folk songs, that you appear not to is your loss
I enjoy watching Shakespeare and reading Homer (in prose)
While I'm happy to read John Grisham and watch 'Fools and Horses' I don't want to replace one with the other - I enjoy them all
In our little world of folk, however you define it, technically we are the majority and we can point to a definition and say - "that's what we mean" - you can't
Jim Carroll