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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: The semantic shift AnnaStrophic #182705 02/18/2009 3:32 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 I'm sorry that decimate doesn't mean 'kill one in ten' any more or that candidate doesn't mean 'someone dressed all in white' or miniature doesn't mean 'painted red', but, as the Red Queen said, "You've got to run as fast as you can to stay in one place." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted The semantic shift dalehileman 02/16/2009 9:33 PM Re: The semantic shift AnnaStrophic 02/17/2009 5:13 PM Re: The semantic shift Faldage 02/18/2009 3:32 AM Re: The semantic shift dalehileman 02/18/2009 6:34 PM Re: The semantic shift tsuwm 02/18/2009 7:12 PM Re: The semantic shift olly 02/18/2009 9:07 PM Re: The semantic shift BranShea 02/18/2009 10:53 PM Re: The semantic shift olly 02/19/2009 10:10 PM Re: The semantic shift Faldage 02/19/2009 11:45 PM Re: The semantic shift Faldage 02/20/2009 11:27 AM Re: The semantic shift latishya 02/21/2009 8:37 PM Re: The semantic shift BranShea 02/21/2009 10:58 PM Re: The semantic shift tsuwm 02/21/2009 11:10 PM Re: The semantic shift BranShea 02/22/2009 1:46 PM Re: The semantic shift Avyy 02/20/2009 2:20 AM Re: The semantic shift latishya 02/20/2009 2:44 AM Re: The semantic shift Zed 02/20/2009 6:27 AM Re: The semantic shift Avyy 02/20/2009 9:40 AM Re: The semantic shift Faldage 02/20/2009 10:58 AM Re: The semantic shift latishya 02/20/2009 11:11 AM Re: The semantic shift dalehileman 02/20/2009 3:50 PM Re: The semantic shift Avyy 02/21/2009 2:04 AM Re: The semantic shift dalehileman 02/21/2009 3:52 PM Re: The semantic shift Avyy 02/22/2009 2:31 AM Re: The semantic shift dalehileman 02/22/2009 4:46 PM Re: The semantic shift Avyy 02/23/2009 2:24 AM Re: The semantic shift BranShea 02/23/2009 10:52 AM Re: The semantic shift dalehileman 02/23/2009 3:41 PM Re: The semantic shift Avyy 02/24/2009 2:31 AM Re: The semantic shift Faldage 02/24/2009 2:42 AM Re: The semantic shift Avyy 02/24/2009 10:01 AM Re: The semantic shift dalehileman 02/24/2009 4:08 PM Re: The semantic shift Avyy 02/25/2009 2:02 AM Re: The semantic shift dalehileman 02/25/2009 5:53 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,418 Members9,211 Most Online17,319 Apr 8th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 21 A C Bowden 5 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,236 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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