changing antonyms

[Benjamin Barrett]

My point was that it *is* still listed in the dictionary, and it has no
marking to indicate it is obsolete, archaic, etc. Of course, no information
exists in the dictionary as to when it was replaced as ushiro (usiro).

Benjamin Barrett
gogaku at ix.netcom.com

-----Original Message-----
From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU]On Behalf Of
Lynne Murphy

Benjamin Barrett said:
> Shirie (sirie) is listed in Kodansha's Nihongo Daijiten, but the native
> speaker (30s) I asked has never heard of it. Neither have I. It's probably
> obsolete or on its way out.

It's no wonder--this is a change that happened around the 13th century.

Lynne