The K M Links Game - November 2024 Week...
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In other words, a symbol that was well known to traders was simply adapted to another use. This is, after all, exactly what happens to language/communication all the time. As a young man - a long time ago! - I would have been perfectly happy to tell my friends that I had attended a 'gay' party the evening before. (It meant bright, cheerful etc then.) I'd think twice about saying any such thing nowadays! Things change and that's all there is to it. Could that be the answer? (I thought I'd better make this a question!)
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