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Etymology in interesting, but has almost zero relevance in determining how acceptable a use of a word is.
by Asraelite 4y ago
Etymology in interesting, but has almost zero relevance in determining how acceptable a use of a word is.
- simonh 4y agoThat's precisely the point of the first line of my comment.
- Asraelite 4y agoOh sorry, I misinterpreted.
- mdp2021 4y agoYou should probably leave it to the Academies, given that others take the opposite general stance. What the server /accepts/ is left to configuration (some still recommend, "Strict in formulating the output, loose in interpreting the input"). What is "legitimate" is another matter, and will have to consider the term's curriculum, also because other proposals are faulty (e.g. conventionalism: "/whose/ convention?").