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Milky Posted 19 years ago
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1i00The expression ready for Freddy always meant "prepared for (almost) anything" where I grew up.02i02br
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00Could that imply that the expression no longer means the same, has another meaning, or the speaker has no information about the present meaning of the expression. Or, could it mean that the speaker knows that word still means the same?02br
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00And what would be the difference in meaning between these?02br
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01i00The expression ready for Freddy always meant "prepared for (almost) anything" where I grew up.02i02br
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01i00The expression ready for Freddy has always meant "prepared for (almost) anything" where I grew up.02i0-
  

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0 The speaker said 'where I grew up' not 'when I grew up'. So they are talking about its meaning at that geographical location rather than the time period. This could imply that it had/has a different meaning elsewhere.

— Nona the brit

  • 0 The speaker said 'where I grew up' not 'when I grew up'.
  • So they are talking about its meaning at that geographical location rather than the time period.
  • This could imply that it had/has a different meaning elsewhere.
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0 The speaker said 'where I grew up' not 'when I grew up'. So they are talking about its meaning at that geographical location rather than the time period. This could imply that it had/has a different meaning elsewhere. 0-
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0<So they are talking about its meaning at that geographical location rather than the time period.>02br
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00So for you, "always meant" is not past time reference there, right?0-
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0<The speaker said 'where I grew up' not 'when I grew up'. >02br
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00Wouldn't one use "when I was growing up" and not "when I grew up" if followed by "always meant"?0-
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0And what would be the difference in meaning between these?02br
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01i00[1.] The expression ready for Freddy always meant "prepared for (almost) anything" where I grew up.02i02br
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01i00[2.] The expression ready for Freddy has always meant "prepared for (almost) anything" where I grew up.01i02br
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0 That's my reading of it, Jim. 0-
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