[Lexicog] Dishwashers and computers

David Tuggy david_tuggy at SIL.ORG
Mon May 29 13:20:31 UTC 2006


Are there any other kinds of senses of words?

--David Tuggy

Patrick Hanks wrote:
> <snip>
> "Properly"?  "Conventionally" might be better, as it does not have the
> prescriptive overtones of "properly". The conventional senses of words tend
> to change unpredictably, as I guess everyone on this list knows.
>   


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