NickGaspar wrote: ↑January 9th, 2020, 1:55 am
Do you understand that words have more than one common usages(definitions).?
Steve3007 wrote: ↑January 7th, 2020, 12:25 pm
Since words have no standard meanings I have no idea what any of the above post says.
This is a prime example of why talking to more than one person at a time, here in this forum, can be so difficult and just a complete waste of time, sometimes.
One person tells me that words have more than one definition, while another person tells me that they cannot understand me unless I use words from the standard meaning of words.
If words have a standard meaning (definition), then just inform us of what those standard definitions (meanings) are.
Until then, to me, there is no shared common usage, definitions, nor meaning for words, in the absolute sense. This is because words can have many different meanings, and even one word can have opposing meanings, so this means that the "standard" meanings of some words can mean the exact opposite thing. So, without clarifying with the speaker or writer, then what the actual meaning of a word is, can never be truly known.
Therefore, the "standard" meanings, or definitions, can never be known unless there is a shared discussion beforehand about what the definitions and meanings are, for the words to be used, and an agreement and acceptance is made.
Words can mean many different things to many different people.
Besides this fact the meanings of words evolve, over time as well.
So, if there is a an actual place where the forever more so called "standard meaning of words" already exists, then just link us to that place.