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On Fri, 27 Mar 2026 14:42:59 -0000 (UTC)
richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) wrote:

> > Now there are no standards *at all* -  as this is deemed
> > 'elitist'...  
> 
> Language has changed constantly.  Every word you say was non-standard
> when it was first used.

And assembled from a hodgepodge of different languages, at that.