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compiler-guy
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jerf
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Possibly even more directly, the etymological fallacy:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etymological_fallacy
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carlosjobim
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Just because we can - and should - understand what people mean when they use words wrongly, doesn't mean that words don't have correct meanings. That makes the world poorer, for no benefit at all.
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sumeno
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Why aren't you responding in Old English then? Surely that would be more correct since it is closer to the origin
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