Why would the Peach only now be aware he doesn’t like ethnic jokes?

Well, he’s wouldn’t hang out with the kind of people who told them. Opposites attract, but more often the same adheres. We’re always more comfortable in our own groups, if only because we all understand what the words mean.

In the course of my lifetime, words such as “transpire,” and “infamous” are changing their meaning. I have a hard time with the new meaning of “happen” for the first, because, having been raised in the Catholic church, I can hear the Latin base, meaning, “to spread out,” as in a rumor or report. “It transpired that” used to mean, “the was reported that,” and over time is being used to mean “it happened.”

“Infamous” seems to be replacing “notorious.” So now what word will we use for “notorious?” Languages change; someday all Americans in Hispanic areas will be speaking Spanglish. I’m just asking what word I can use, now. Let’s look at a choice: “of note, famous, well-known.” Not the same flavor.

Oh well, we no longer have the Lakota word for “palate of a buffalo.” We do have the word for First Girl Child: Winona.