Editing Blog/2026-03-07/Semantic Drift (section)

== Notes ==

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<ref name=gdr>
{{cite news
 |last=Lea
 |first=Richard
 |title=Naomi Wolf admits blunder over Victorians and sodomy executions
 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/may/24/naomi-wolf-admits-blunder-over-victorians-and-sodomy-executions
 |work=The Guardian
 |date=24 May 2019
 |access-date=7 March 2026
}}
</ref>
<ref name=ilr>
The American term for a non-citizen who is permitted to live there is Lawful Permanent Resident. The desire of North Americans for quick easy words transmutes this to "having a [[wikipedia:Green card|Green Card]]". [[Green Card Application|I have one]]. By contrast, the British chose the entirely accurately-phrased-yet-confusing [[wikipedia:Indefinite leave to remain|Indefinite Leave to Remain]]. Choosing to use the word 'Leave' in there is mark of true British genius.
</ref>
<ref name=tt>
{{cite journal
 |last=Clements
 |first=M. A. (Ken)
 |title=Terence Tao
 |journal=Educational Studies in Mathematics
 |volume=15
 |issue=3
 |pages=213–238
 |date=August 1984
 |doi=10.1007/BF00312075
 |url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00312075
 |archive-url=https://gwern.net/doc/iq/high/smpy/1984-clements.pdf
 |archive-date=2 Feb 2026
 |access-date=7 March 2026
}}
</ref>
</references>


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