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<blockquote data-quote="forensicbuzz" data-source="post: 725999" data-attributes="member: 198"><p>If you're really interested, you should read Word by Word, written by Kory Stamper. She's a lexicographer who works to update Webster's Dictionary. It's a fascinating look into how dictionaries are created and how language changes over time. Generally, people don't understand that dictionaries are <em>descriptive</em> not <em>proscriptive</em>. In other words, dictionaries define words based on how they are used. Dictionaries are describing how the language is used not dictating how the language should be used. For example, the word "flammable" was originally "inflammable," derived from the verb "to inflame." But people misunderstood "inflammable" to mean the opposite because of the prefix "in" so the word flammable became part of the lexicon. Language is dynamic and a dictionary is a living document that changes to reflect how the language changes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="forensicbuzz, post: 725999, member: 198"] If you're really interested, you should read Word by Word, written by Kory Stamper. She's a lexicographer who works to update Webster's Dictionary. It's a fascinating look into how dictionaries are created and how language changes over time. Generally, people don't understand that dictionaries are [I]descriptive[/I] not [I]proscriptive[/I]. In other words, dictionaries define words based on how they are used. Dictionaries are describing how the language is used not dictating how the language should be used. For example, the word "flammable" was originally "inflammable," derived from the verb "to inflame." But people misunderstood "inflammable" to mean the opposite because of the prefix "in" so the word flammable became part of the lexicon. Language is dynamic and a dictionary is a living document that changes to reflect how the language changes. [/QUOTE]
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