Timeline for How can someone/something be described as both old (not new) and old (attained an advanced age), a friend and a friendship for example?

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May 8, 2018 at 13:50	vote	accept	Victor B.
May 5, 2018 at 15:13	comment	added	Lambie		@Rompey I have to say that I probably take the time to answer them because I respond well to "cute". (I mean your name, by the way). :)
May 5, 2018 at 15:11	comment	added	Victor B.		At last, someone took pains to answer, and that someone is you; I like all the answers you take time to post to my silly, as it may seem. requests--upvote, upvote!!!
May 5, 2018 at 15:11	comment	added	user3395		I understand, but sometimes we get this kind of tunnel vision where we don't see the other interpretation unless other clues are provided. That's why I commented. Thanks for the explanation.
May 5, 2018 at 14:57	comment	added	Lambie		I explained my reasons. One doesn't use old old with or without a comma (which, by the way, cannot really be heard in speech) to mean anything other than a friend of very long standing. And I don't believe any native speaker would interpret old, old friend as advanced in age, unless otherwise specified by context. You cannot express both meanings simultaneously by repeating the word. That was the whole point of my answer.
May 5, 2018 at 14:53	comment	added	user3395		What about an old old friend? See, I omitted the comma because you can read old friend as one unit (and MW even defines it as one vocabulary item). In that case, the first old, I believe, could simply be interpreted as advanced in age.
May 5, 2018 at 13:56	history	answered	Lambie	CC BY-SA 4.0