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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1416911, member: 112&quot;]Chris it&#039;s no different than with the definitions of any word. People always have &quot;their version&quot; of what a word means. And often &quot;their version&quot; has little to nothing to do with the actual definition of the word. THAT is the problem.</p><p><br /></p><p>People have forgotten that there are very specific, established, and accepted definitions for every word in the English language. And depending on the context the word is used in, then that word will often have a completely different and specialized definition. And in numismatics, that happens a lot. But even then it is an established and accepted definition. </p><p><br /></p><p>I dunno, I guess I&#039;m weird. By the time was in the 4th grade I had the reading level of a college graduate. Vocabulary was never an issue for me. I always knew what the definitions were and used the words correctly, always have. Been a habit my entire life, couldn&#039;t change it if I wanted to. Nor can I change my reaction to people incorrectly using words, or assigning invalid definitions.&nbsp; Like I said I guess I&#039;m weird. I&#039;m stuck on what the books say. </p><p><br /></p><p>That doesn&#039;t mean that I don&#039;t understand people&#039;s points of view on how they use words, or even their personal versions of definitions. I do understand them, but that doesn&#039;t make it right.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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