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This is, essentially, how language itself has always worked. Common sense labels are applied to things, and they make them things their own and outlive the orig
by polshaw 14y ago
This is, essentially, how language itself has always worked. Common sense labels are applied to things, and they make them things their own and outlive the original reference.
A tin (can) is still a tin despite the fact it has nothing to do with the element today, a light bulb has no bulb any more. The floppy=save isn't going anywhere.