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Jeremy Nixon wrote: Chris Brown wrote: It's entirely unclear why you think this usage has "almost certainly been destroyed beyond hope of recovery". If a cricket-nerd uses it, it will be obvious from context which version they are talking about, hence there is to be no confusion. Do you really think that, even in the nerdiest of cricket-nerd circles, anyone can ever again use that word without everyone who hears him thinking of the "new" meaning? Even if they can't, that's not even close to your original position. |
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