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> What makes you think it would be a new one Did I say it would be a "new one"?

• serf 2y ago
  Yes, unless this was edited later on. > 'might replace my aging phone with a newer unit, ' unless you just want to argue about the semantics and differences between 'aging', 'newer' , and 'new'.
  • hilux 2y ago
    You think the difference between "newer than ... aging phone" and "NEW" is "semantics"??? HN really has turned into reddit.
    • robotresearcher 2y ago
      Reddit-style pedantry time! Semantics is literally the meaning of things. So, yes the difference between those phrases is semantics. But your use of 'semantics' meant something subtly different. Ain't language weird?