"Freedom of stench"

[Bill Palmer]

Thank you Wilson.

Are you SURE you're not a professor?

Bill P
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From: "Wilson Gray" <hwgray at GMAIL.COM>
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Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 2:29 PM
Subject: Re: "Freedom of stench"


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> Pejoration.
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> -Wilson, who's not a professor, but merely an interested observer
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> On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 2:14 PM, Bill Palmer<w_a_palmer at bellsouth.net>
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>> Interesting side note...from my recall of Anglo-Saxon,of about 45 years
>> ago,
>> "stench" (written then, I think as "stenc") meant any kind of smell or
>> odor,
>> not just an unpleasant one.
>>
>> One of the professors out there, tell me what is the name for that
>> process
>> ...when the meaning of a word undergoes a degradation in meaning.
>>
>>
>> Bill Palmer
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>> From: "Joel S. Berson" <Berson at ATT.NET>
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>> Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 7:23 AM
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>>> A reporter on ABC TV's "Good Morning America" today, noting that the
>>> city council had delayed action on the bill described below after
>>> constitutional questions had been raised, asked whether there was a
>>> "freedom of stench".
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>>> "Honolulu City Council is considering a bill that would impose up to
>>> $500 fine and/or up to 6 months in jail for transit passengers
>>> convicted of being too smelly."
>>> [KGMB.com, September 1.]
>>> http://kgmb9.com/main/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20721&Itemid=76
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>>> Merely 4 Google hits on "freedom of stench" this morning, despite the
>>> fact that this news is an immense two days old, none related to the
>>> Honolulu bill.
>>>
>>> Joel
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