From: hex@unseen.ac.am 
  
 On 20/09/2025 12:50, JNugent wrote: 
 > On 20/09/2025 10:17 AM, Jethro_uk wrote: 
 > 
 >> On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 19:54:15 +0100, billy bookcase wrote: 
 >>> "Norman Wells"  wrote: 
 > 
 >>>> [quoted text muted] 
 >> 
 >>> Advertising doesn't necessarily involve commerce. Political advertising 
 >>> being one obvious example. 
 >> 
 >> Political advertising is intended both directly and indirectly to raise 
 >> revenue. 
 > 
 > Some of it is. But not usually to the general public; only to party 
 > members. 
 > 
 > The bit that is seen by the general public (eg, on roadside advertising 
 > hardings) is invariably merely seeking votes. 
 > 
 >> If that isn't advertising, what is ? 
 > 
 > Yes, adverts seeking votes do count as advertising. 
  
 I detect a certain circularity in that argument that renders it 
 completely unconvincing.  Of course an 'advert' counts as advertising. 
 How could it not? 
  
 > The word itself only means "publicise". That is certainly how 
 > Shakespeare used it (eg, in "Twelfth Night"). I seriously doubt that the 
 > concept of commercial advertising was even in existence at the time*; it 
 > was used simply to mean "inform", "declare", or other words to the same 
 > effect. 
  
 Your having to revert to Shakespearean English shows the weakness of 
 your argument.  What's wrong with current dictionaries? 
  
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