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Evolution of language during my lifetime

. I’ve been reading a book, “Semantic Antics,” by Sol Steinmetz, that traces the change of meanings for a number of interesting English words from as early as 800 AC to the present time.  Amazing, for instance, to learn that a word like “nice” originally had a meaning that was opposite to its current one. … Continue reading →

Life Without Broom

I have often been in a position to decide if it’s worth to get a broom, or even a vacuum cleaner to pick up detritus from the floor, detritus being defined, in Wiki, as particulate matter of either organic or inorganic origin. In its appearance among others accumulated on the floor, each particle has lost … Continue reading →


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