Reduced Power of Word Content

"Some of the most beautiful words I've ever heard

are those I learned to whisper to myself."

Creig Crippen

My passion for words whether they have been felt, seen, heard or spoken grows deeper.  Each word has multiple meanings or might be spelled in different ways.  The context may shift according to the sound of the projecting voice.  In addition, there are numerous words edited beyond recognition.

Original inference may be lost in translations.   Distorting the significance of the more primitive definition a word may be published losing appropriate impact.  Even spelling can be altered as the translator delicately transitions letters into a differing language.

For example, it is common knowledge what is meant when someone refers to a person as being a virgin.  We all know the sexual inference right?  Upon research, however, the word virgin in early history was defined as an individual woman who owned land without attachment to a male.  The right of credible power seems to have been reduced to a sexual script.   Funny how that happens ...