• bitjunkie@lemmy.world
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    20 days ago

    I’m so tired of the “this ain’t English class” mentality about articulating oneself. It’s one of those “freedom of speech isn’t freedom from judgement for it” issues with me. You’re free to only care about making yourself understood, and I’m free to think you’re intellectually lazy for it.

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      19 days ago

      So what’s your stance on AAVE? Or ASL? Or even just regional dialects where the fizzy drink is called pop versus soda? What is your one guiding light on how English is supposed to be, and who adheres to it?

    • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      20 days ago

      They weren’t saying “this ain’t English class,” they were saying that languages evolve. Which is true.