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corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

linguistic evolution

“Usage dictates form” is how vapid influencer bimbos are driving English into the dumpster. French evolves: it has a committee to weed out stupid. English has no such guidance, and that’s why it trends toward an appearance we’d call ‘platypodian’ if we could only find some instagram bimbo to promote it.

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Ghoelian@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

French evolves: it has a committee to weed out stupid.

How are you going to stop people from using these “stupid” evolutions? That’s just not how language works. If this is really something France does, I’d imagine what they’d end up with is dictionaries that don’t at all match how people really speak.

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