http://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2009/08/10/love-and-marriage-in-the-dictionaries/ A blog mostly about language Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:30:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2009/08/10/love-and-marriage-in-the-dictionaries/#comment-850 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:25:08 +0000 http://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/?p=897#comment-850 Canadian Oxford changed its definition the day the Supremes ordered what Americans insist on calling gay marriage legal across the country. (There isn’t “marriage” and “gay marriage” like there’s “sports” and “women’s sports” or “restaurants” and “vegetarian restaurants.”) Sense 1 is “the legal or religious union of two people.”

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