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[-] man_in_space@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago

Complaints about language change. No. I am a linguist. If someone says “liberry” or “expresso” or “conversate”…I could damn well care less. No one speaks a standard language and the arbiters thereof are the community who use it every day. Nonstandard words and phrases often have their own logic to them and arise because they are necessary or because it eases communication. People have been spewing rage about this since Roman times; the Appendix Probi is a jeremiad against language changes in Latin that became the foundation for Spanish and Portuguese.

People do not speak the way you would like. This is normal. They are the X-Men of language in practice. Get over it.

[-] Shinespark@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago

I agree with you in principle, but personally it drives me nuts whenever I see "could of", "I could care less", "nucelar", etc. But I admit that it's a personal thing and don't correct anyone. That said, whenever I do see them corrected by others, it feels very cathartic. Also, I'd rather someone correct me when I make mistakes like this.

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