Thursday, 1 January 2009   There are some words it's a shame to
see fall into desuetude (like desuetude); not because I have any
sentimental or nostalgic attachment to olde-speake -- but simply
because there aren't really any alternative pieces of
terminology that mean quite the same thing, and because the
concepts embodied are quite important. Frank Kermode says
somewhere that it's a shame the word 'cant' has fallen out of
use; our nearest modern equivalent ('bullshit') doesn't quite
have the same semantic field. I'd suggest 'eschew' is another.
We can't use it in everyday speech nowadays without sounding
like we're quoting the Bible, or taking the piss; but the
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