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that does not in any way make it correct
by gjvc 4mo ago
that does not in any way make it correct
- jeremyjh 4mo agoThat is absolutely the only requirement for it to be correct. Words are defined by the way people use them, and that can change over time. A dictionary is a record, not a rulebook.
- electrondood 4mo agoIt's only a certain subset of the population that speaks like this. It's pompous and ridiculous. Are the two syllables in the word "request" one too many for people working in Product?
- jeremyjh 4mo agoMost people only use a subset of language, and a lot of language is used only by a small subset of people. "The Ask" is in mainstream usage - or at least known to - the target audience of TFA, which may not include you.
- gjvc 4mo agoare you high / in wonderland? “When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.’ ’The question is,’ said Alice, ‘whether you can make words mean so many different things.’ ’The question is,’ said Humpty Dumpty, ‘which is to be master — that’s all.” ― Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass http://www.cleavebooks.co.uk/grol/alice/glass06.htm http://www.cleavebooks.co.uk/grol/alice/glass06.htm
- jeremyjh 4mo agoAre you educated? Descriptivism is overwhelmingly the mainstream view or practice of language scholars. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_description https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_description