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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
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Posted: Mon Mar  4 13:13:48 1985
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Reply-To: friesen@psivax.UUCP (Stanley friesen)
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	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!
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				Sarima (Stanley Friesen)

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