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S/he's wrong, simple as that. "The particular spatio-temporal version of speech that I grew up with is correct, and all others are bastardised" is not a defensi
by troad 2y ago
S/he's wrong, simple as that. "The particular spatio-temporal version of speech that I grew up with is correct, and all others are bastardised" is not a defensible or - frankly - interesting position. Chaucer would find virtually all modern English to be debased; Bede would wince at Chaucer's English; and so on, forever.
Nothing fruitful comes from cultivating arrogance towards the language of others. It is just as much a cherished part of their cultural inheritance as yours is to you.
- DrammBA 2y ago[flagged]
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- troad 2y agoBeing awkward? Totally.
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- kennysoona 2y agoNot a cultural thing, S/he's is just quicker and thus more efficient.
- LuciOfStars 2y ago(And exclusionary.)
- nooyurrsdey 2y agoThis site is exhausting sometimes. Y'all really have the ability to pedantically pick apart everything.
- DrammBA 2y agoI agree, getting my comment flagged for nitpicking spelling in a post about nitpicking spelling is very exhausting. Even more so when the person I nitpicked replied to my comment and showed no issue with my nitpick.
- DrammBA 2y agoAlso the downvotes don't really matter, here's another comment if you wish to downvote me again in this post. Ironically my flagged comment actually had an upvote before getting flagged.
- ccppurcell 2y agoIt's a joke.
- ruined 2y agoyour wrong
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- TrnsltLife 2y agoIs that like "my bad"?
- LuciOfStars 2y agoI find it ironic that you're making an argument about how language evolves in the same sentence that you insist on an awkward "s/he" instead of just using a singular "they" (or if you're Richard Stallman, whatever neopronoun he fancies, I forgot what it is)
- radiator 2y agothere exists nothing else other than a she or a he. Executive Order was signed more than a month ago, have you not heard?
- LuciOfStars 2y agoBuh-but what about muh egg prices?????!!!!111
- troad 2y agoAnd I find it totes ironical that you'd respond to a post advocating against language prescriptivism, and intolerance of other modes of speaking and writing, by trying to pick on variants you dislike. Point goes whoosh. Also, I "insist" on nothing, you're the only one with a chip on your shoulder about pronouns here.