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As a student of philosophy of language I love/hate this debate. I'll say this, I feel badly for people who think the creator gets to control the pronunciation.
by scoofy 13y ago
As a student of philosophy of language I love/hate this debate. I'll say this, I feel badly for people who think the creator gets to control the pronunciation. Hopefully the prescriptivists will learn language evolves irregardless of whether we want it to. Whenever you think you have firm rules, you will find they will change momentarily. Let me know if you spot what I snuck in there.
- biot 13y agoI should of known its a loosing battle.
- shashashasha 13y ago<3 <3 We were just talking about this yesterday with some friends, and they put it nicely as "Language has no master"
- heyitsnick 13y agoPerhaps more accurately put, the "English language has no master." Many--perhaps most--European languages, do have prescriptivist masters. Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Russian, and dozens more. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_language_regulators https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_language_regulators
- kalensh 13y agoEven then, those "masters" only have limited control of the language.
- knapp 13y agoYou snuck in "irregardless" and I claim my $5 reward. (Maybe you also snuck in "hopefully": http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/hopefully?q=hopefully http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/hopeful... )
- scoofy 13y agoPlease, I expect better than that from HN!
- gunn 13y agoThink there are a few more - "feel badly", "momentarily"
- gry 13y agoI upvoted this 10 times, even though it counts once. Thank you, scoofy.
- patmcc 13y agoYou really should have done it 9 or 11 times. :P
- Pxtl 13y agoI notice you couldn't bring yourself to use the modern oxymoronic definition of "literally"