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They are productive, because they are literally different things. I would equally be annoyed if someone called an Apple an Orange, because they are not the sam
by tekla 3y ago
They are productive, because they are literally different things.
I would equally be annoyed if someone called an Apple an Orange, because they are not the same thing.
- dehrmann 3y agoThis feels more like a banana/plantain scenario.
- nottrobin 3y ago[flagged]
- atoav 3y agoIf the whole world is using "cola" as a word to describe your "pepsi" and you are (maybe even rightly so!) convinced they are literally different things here is a free tip: It is up to you to convince the people that the difference is big enough that they should want to change their language. And you know how to make sure they won't want to do that? Speak down to them, paint them as stupid for not knowing and so on.