On: How long should we cling to a word's original meaning? (2011)

[wollstonecraft]

Let's officially dump the original meaning of "beg the question" because it's a poor translation from Latin.

[Simon_says → wollstonecraft]

Agreed. While we're at it, can we also drop the meaning of "raise the question"? That one is a mistranslation of English ...

[fish_fan → wollstonecraft]

That does make sense; but the new version is a strictly inferior form of "raises the question".