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Sure it does, why not



Sorry, Maybe I don't understand the meaning of type-2, type-3.

***2: them most folk understand but don't use much, eg, guffaw
3: Snooty words not used much in everyday conversation, eg, cachinnation

Is it to do with frequency?

***Only indirectly

... And vice versa, does a type 2 of yours or someone with a higher vocab become a type 3 for someone else. What is the distinction?...

***There isn't one. You're asking for a prescriptivist answer to a descriptivist question. But thank you for participating and again hearty welcome

dalehileman