Remember when a bunch of people recently tried to codify the legal definition of the word "marriage" because they're afraid that they're losing their monopoly on the colloquial definition?
Didn't work. Word definitions don't determine popular usage, they are determined by it. It sounds like the Chinese are engaged in a similar program of attacking-the-cart-and-not-the-horse.
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Date: 21/12/10 18:57 (UTC)Didn't work. Word definitions don't determine popular usage, they are determined by it. It sounds like the Chinese are engaged in a similar program of attacking-the-cart-and-not-the-horse.