On Aug 26, 2004, at 12:03 PM, Harold Owen wrote:
"Naughty" could mean "of no account." I remember hearing in an old play a woman saying "She has nice manners" meaning she had no manners at all, which some would construe as naughty.
Ah yes, of course! I was thinking only of the evolution of "nice". I had totally neglected to consider the evolution of "naughty".
mdl
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