On 03/15/2013 06:25 PM, Frank Murphy wrote:
On Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:21:07 -0700 Richard Vickery richard.vickeryrv@gmail.com wrote:
Does this mean that you just let them adulterate the term?
You would have to re-write current popular culture. Language and it's use change, by it's very usage.
Language is fickle. Gay used to mean happy-go-lucky; nuke used to mean to drop an atom bomb on; transistor still is a three-wire device made (usually) of silicon, used for amplifiers and switches, but in common usage it means a radio; nice was once pejorative. And we used to have "gotten" and, a little earlier, "shaven" but our verbs are regularizing themselves whether we like it or not. So whether you like it or not, hack usually connotes unlawful intrusion on a computer. Ce la vie!
--doug