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Correct use of the word "Myth"

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Correct use of the word "Myth"
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RE: Correct use of the word "Myth"
January 8, 2014 at 11:43 pm
Usage of a word determines what the word means. Sure, myth, at one point, was used differently than it is nearly always used now. But that is a red herring as to what the word currently means in discourse.
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Correct use of the word "Myth"

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Correct use of the word "Myth" - by The_Thinking_Theist - January 8, 2014 at 9:47 pm
RE: Correct use of the word "Myth" - by Ryantology - January 8, 2014 at 9:50 pm
RE: Correct use of the word "Myth" - by Angrboda - January 8, 2014 at 9:53 pm
RE: Correct use of the word "Myth" - by Minimalist - January 8, 2014 at 10:01 pm
RE: Correct use of the word "Myth" - by The_Thinking_Theist - January 8, 2014 at 10:03 pm
RE: Correct use of the word "Myth" - by Minimalist - January 8, 2014 at 10:24 pm
RE: Correct use of the word "Myth" - by Cato - January 8, 2014 at 10:39 pm
RE: Correct use of the word "Myth" - by MindForgedManacle - January 8, 2014 at 11:43 pm
RE: Correct use of the word "Myth" - by KichigaiNeko - January 8, 2014 at 11:49 pm
RE: Correct use of the word "Myth" - by Minimalist - January 9, 2014 at 12:33 am
RE: Correct use of the word "Myth" - by xr34p3rx - January 9, 2014 at 5:47 pm
RE: Correct use of the word "Myth" - by CYNIC - January 11, 2014 at 5:54 am

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