CraigOhMyEggo@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 年前What's the most polarizing thing you've ever done or said?message-squaremessage-square154fedilinkarrow-up164arrow-down12
arrow-up162arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the most polarizing thing you've ever done or said?CraigOhMyEggo@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 年前message-square154fedilink
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minus-squarethevoidzero@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 年前But if everyone is using it to mean something new then we need to record that.
minus-squareDefault_Defect@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 年前“Literally” officially meaning “figuratively” radicalized me.
minus-squarebarsquid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 年前But that is literally why we have many of the definitions accepted as standard today.
minus-squareReCursing@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 年前Lear Welsh or French. They’re both Prescriptive languages where that is (officially) true. English, however, is a descriptive language which means the dictionary is there to record how language is used not to define how it should be used
minus-squarez00s@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 年前I think that’s polarising because using a weird incorrectly does not change its meaning; it’s far more subtle than that
minus-squarebimily@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 年前Must be embarrassing to not understand that living languages evolve.
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But if everyone is using it to mean something new then we need to record that.
“Literally” officially meaning “figuratively” radicalized me.
But that is literally why we have many of the definitions accepted as standard today.
Lear Welsh or French. They’re both Prescriptive languages where that is (officially) true. English, however, is a descriptive language which means the dictionary is there to record how language is used not to define how it should be used
I think that’s polarising because using a weird incorrectly does not change its meaning; it’s far more subtle than that
That’s so fetch.
Must be embarrassing to not understand that living languages evolve.