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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 2774985, member: 112&quot;]The problem with some people not grasping the concept as mikenoodle stated in the OP was created by people themselves - human nature if you will. We have this nasty habit of taking terminology and or phrases and shortening them, turning them into contractions just like we do with cannot when we made it can&#039;t.</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, harshly cleaned, or improperly cleaned (which are both the exact same thing), and the original terminology, was taken and turned into a contraction, it was shortened to Just &quot;cleaned&quot;. And as with almost all contractions, as well as other incorrect forms of word usage, in our language the more they are used the more they become accepted. And over the years far, far more people used the term &quot;cleaned&quot; when what they really meant was harshly or improperly cleaned. And it really is just that simple as to how it happened.</p><p><br /></p><p>The problem is there is and always was another original term - which was also cleaned, and it has entirely different meaning. So gradually because so many people used the contraction, confusion was created among those who did not really understand the difference between the two terms. Somebody could say cleaned, and somebody else could say cleaned but yet they were both talking about two entirely different things.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s another example of the law of unintended consequences. Because people are lazy, or as a matter of convenience if you prefer to think of it that way because you makes you feel better, shortening the correct term and using its contraction created the entire issue that never existed in the beginning.</p><p><br /></p><p>edit - </p><p><br /></p><p>And the same kind of thing happens or has already happened when other terminology is used incorrectly in numismatics. Numismatics has its own very specific meanings that apply to some terms and or phrases that are quite different than what those same terms or phrases mean in other aspects of life. So it is all to easy to make people think you mean one thing when you use a term incorrectly or use the wrong term, when you actually mean something entirely different. And the more they are used incorrectly, the more other people who hear you say it or write it will also begin to use it incorrectly. That is why it is so very, very important that terminology be used correctly at all times.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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