Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site psivax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!tektronix!hplabs!sdcrdcf!psivax!friesen From: friesen@psivax.UUCP (Stanley Friesen) Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: Re: Semantic Reversals and Shifts Message-ID: <355@psivax.UUCP> Date: Mon, 4-Mar-85 13:13:48 EST Article-I.D.: psivax.355 Posted: Mon Mar 4 13:13:48 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 9-Mar-85 10:38:59 EST References: <101@mot.UUCP> <1775@sdcrdcf.UUCP> <444@lsuc.UUCP> Reply-To: friesen@psivax.UUCP (Stanley friesen) Organization: Pacesetter Systems Inc., Sylmar, CA Lines: 35 Summary: I came across an interesting semantic shif this weekend. It is not a reversal. I found out the original meaning of the word 'clue'. It is quite different from the current meaning, but I can see how the shift occured - at the scene of a crime a clue(old sense) may well be a clue(new sense). Take a guess! It originally meant 'thread' !! I can just imagine Sherlock Holmes crawling around on the ground looking for threads! -- Sarima (Stanley Friesen) {trwrb|allegra|cbosgd|hplabs|ihnp4|aero!uscvax!akgua}!sdcrdcf!psivax!friesen or {ttdica|quad1|bellcore|scgvaxd}!psivax!friesen