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Re: "It feels like there's a subtext to a lot of it which sort of suggests that ideas can only be heard and understood clearly by those who own the appropriate
by bijection 10y ago
Re: "It feels like there's a subtext to a lot of it which sort of suggests that ideas can only be heard and understood clearly by those who own the appropriate labels", linguistic prescription[1] seems relevant. From wikipedia:
"Prescription has a tendency to favour the language of one particular region or social class over others ... frequently, a standard dialect is associated with the upper class"
Interesting stuff.
[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_prescription https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_prescription