Message Forum: Re: language change

Re: language change

Posted By: 10Kan, on host 152.33.129.50
Date: Thursday, January 9, 2003, at 18:23:03
In Reply To: Re: language change posted by Brunnen-G on Thursday, January 9, 2003, at 17:18:37:

> > Just look up "liberal" in the dictionary for a perfect example of a word whose meaning has changed.
> >
> > MA"I'll bet you didn't know about this one"NGO
>
> All the meanings I can find for "liberal" are pretty obvious ones. What previous meaning did you find?

I know this is horribly over-simplified, but in American politics, it's the liberals that want to regulate everything and the conservatives that want to give big business free reign.

10"Political parties exist to prevent each other from succeeding in their evil schemes"Kan

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Message:	> > > Just look up "liberal" in the dictionary for a perfect example of a word whose meaning has changed. > > > > > > MA"I'll bet you didn't know about this one"NGO > > > > All the meanings I can find for "liberal" are pretty obvious ones. What previous meaning did you find? > > I know this is horribly over-simplified, but in American politics, it's the liberals that want to regulate everything and the conservatives that want to give big business free reign. > > 10"Political parties exist to prevent each other from succeeding in their evil schemes"Kan
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