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Which is quite a different thing than what you said before. Just like one day I might be genetically closer to my brother than anyone else alive in the world, b
by CorrectHorseBat 5y ago
Which is quite a different thing than what you said before. Just like one day I might be genetically closer to my brother than anyone else alive in the world, but he still wouldn't be my father.
- danans 5y agoI don't disagree with that - my wording was sloppy - but also consider that words aren't like genes. Horizontal phonetic transfer and phonetic reevaluation via processes like folk etymology are pervasive today and were also in the ancient past.