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Old 04-05-2014, 02:19 AM   #158
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Originally Posted by AlexBell View Post
This most useful suggestion I've come across so far is to use a footnote giving the original word.
Or the other way around: If you are afraid that readers aren't aware of the change in meaning (which I can't really imagine), why don't you make a footnote that explains what "gay" used to mean in Collins' time?

The way you suggest it would also be okay, I guess. What really shocked me was that you originally made that change without acknowledging it, which is totally unacceptable.
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