[Lexicog] archaic entries

[David Tuggy]

There is also the problem that between the time you begin your 
dictionary and finish it, a whole generation is likely to have passed 
on, and your dictionary label choices will have become archaic, 
old-fashioned, passé, perhaps even obsolete...

--David T

John Roberts wrote:

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>But I can see there would be a practical problem in making such a 
>distinction between "archaic" and "old-fashioned" for languages that do not 
>have a long literary history. You would have to rely on the testimony of 
>speakers as to whether such and such a word was considered "archaic" when 
>they were young. This would probably apply to words found only in songs and 
>poetry or taboo language.
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>John Roberts
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