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Re: THEORY: lexical shift [was Re: Time machine]

From:Christopher B Wright <faceloran@...>
Date:Saturday, July 13, 2002, 14:24
Thomas Wier sekalge:
>What? There are always new words being added to every language >in active use. [snip]
Forgive me. I meant totally original words. Most new words are either borrowings or deformations of old words. The rest would arise due to factors of which I haven't learned. Your title says it all. :)) An unused word could be altered for time or interstellar travel, but I'm not sure there is one. After all, people still walk and ride horses and run and jog and use almost every form of travel ever invented (as far as we know). Laimes, Wright.