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Correct language usage is not a previous -> current generational issue. We are witnessing the dumbing down of culture or in other words: Idiocracy is becoming a
by treehau5 9y ago
Correct language usage is not a previous -> current generational issue. We are witnessing the dumbing down of culture or in other words: Idiocracy is becoming a documentary.
- ThrustVectoring 9y ago"Correct" is context-specific. You can - and should - use language differently when you're hanging out with working-class friends than when you're trying to advance your white-collar professional career. Like, rap albums have some incredibly clever use of a vernacular dialect of English. It's not "dumbed down" by any stretch of the imagination. It just doesn't conform to the expectations of certain groups of prestigious white-collar professionals and executives.
- shrimp_emoji 9y agoContrived formalities for more egalitarianism? Sounds like a good trade.
- icebraining 9y agoTyler Cowen argues that the rule of casual is an impediment to upward mobility: http://www.businessinsider.com/wearing-casual-clothes-at-work-to-show-wealth-2017-2 http://www.businessinsider.com/wearing-casual-clothes-at-wor...
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