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> What kind of writing system allows people to change your words after you've written them? Er, this happens all the time, writing or not. So many words in th
by cryptonector 8y ago
> What kind of writing system allows people to change your words after you've written them?
Er, this happens all the time, writing or not. So many words in the languages I speak fluently have changed meaning over hundreds of years -- especially in French!
This is not a bad thing, provided the rate of redefinition is low enough and that we record the changes so we can understand older writings.
- baddox 8y agoThat's a pretty different phenomenon that probably usually occurs much more slowly and not at the whim of a small number of powerful people/organizations.
- cryptonector 8y agoNo, it occurs at the whim of the people. I don't know the etymology of it, but I suspect that the "make-out" meaning of "embracer" in French was not a result of "powerful people/organizations" pushing it.