Who says it's only "a few"?
Which car to buyI need to choose a new car. I can only choose one car to keep for 4 years, but I have reduced my options to 2 very different...
It's not about trust, it's about which is definitive.
You don't know that. Once enough people start using the newly perceived meaning then that's it.
So what? If enough people do it then the meaning changes.
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The point being that if enough people use the term "dangerous road" to absolve themselves of blame and pbutt the buck, then that IS what it means. It doesn't matter what the dictionary says. The dictionary WILL change to reflect usage. As more people hear the term in news reports, more people will use it in conversation and so it grows. More people will use the term and more people will hear it...
That trend CAN be reversed. It can be started very simply by news resports NOT describing roads as dangerous. You can achieve exactly the same shift in thought but to the greater good instead.
You are no clearer because you miss the point entirely.
New driving phenomenonPeter, to certain extent I have to agree with Mark. I pbutted the advanced test and six months...
-- Mark Foster, Brighton, Suslove, UK PGP Fingerprint: 3342 C02C 7BE8 3FE4 AAC5 8BB2 03B7 9263 DDF2 04C1 -------------------------------------------------- "There are no such useless words as, 'I didn't have a chance.'" Driving, HMSO
