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Re: Mr. Mrs. Ms. Sir or Madame

From:Abrigon Gusiq <abrigon@...>
Date:Friday, April 25, 2008, 18:18
I do think one thing about a Conlang, is how to limit to much
shifting of a word from its original and intended meaning to
something else.

There is several words in English that started with one meaning,
but over time became  offensive, cause how they was used.. Or a
slang word that became mainline, starting with one meaning and
becomming another meaning..

Or when adapted from another language, changed its meaning. How
many words in English with a French origin maintain the same
meaning in current French?

Some cause of the French that the word came from was not
Parisian, but from Provencial or like lower France, or from
Norman French.   In part why I can make a stab at reading
French, but with a grain of salt, cause the word may have
shifted in meaning.

Also, Grimms Law, of how wounds change, how to counter it and
like changes that naturally occur?

Mike

No offensive words were killed, mutilated or used as lab subject
in this post.