Quote Originally Posted by jkdesq
I think you still fail to understand that no one "decides" what English words mean. In French and Italian, it is different. These other languages have a group of people who decide what each French and each Italian word means. The French group is called the Immortals. These people prescribe the language.
Actually, it's not an official government enforcer, merely an academy that suggest to people what should mean what- like a living dictionary.

According to this wikipedia article:
The Académie is France's official authority on the usages, vocabulary, and grammar of the French language, although its recommendations carry no legal power. Sometimes, even governmental authorities disregard the Académie's rulings.

Just wanted to make that quick note, and to ask...

Can we all agree to disagree? Since there are no laws saying what word is what, and English has no gendered nouns, and the language evolves over time, maybe it's possible that calling a kilt a skirt or saying a kilt is not a skirt are both perfectly reasonable definitions if you feel they are. Semantics is a fun game to play, but to get nasty because someone sees a different shade in our fuzzy language is going a bit far.