Post 1498923 by vulcao@jorts.horse
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 (DIR) Post #1498918 by jacethechicken@chickenfan.club
       2018-11-26T04:21:58Z
       
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       love it when linguistic prescriptivists tell you to "check the dictionary," so I can point out that all major dictionaries are purely descriptivist, and frequently update their definitions to fit modern usage.  for example, "literally" as an intensifier had been in the dictionary for several years.If the word or usage you're complaining about isn't in the dictionary but is common enough to complain about, it probably should be, and they just haven't gotten to it yet.
       
 (DIR) Post #1498923 by vulcao@jorts.horse
       2018-11-26T04:28:04Z
       
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       @jacethechicken it's worth noting that some are only very begrudgingly descriptivist because there's no other way to approach a dictionary. the Real Academia Española would have  everyone talking in the spanish of cervantes if they could
       
 (DIR) Post #1498924 by jacethechicken@chickenfan.club
       2018-11-26T04:31:26Z
       
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       @vulcao I'm only really talking about English here.  French, for example, has The French Academy -- whose members are unironically called 'immortals' -- which is a prescriptivist body with a lot of sway.
       
 (DIR) Post #1498933 by lynnesbian@fedi.lynnesbian.space
       2018-11-26T10:00:59Z
       
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       @jacethechicken oh my god yes please let's talk about the fucking immortalsremember the time they insisted that you don't say "email", only "courier electronique"
       
 (DIR) Post #1498945 by Jewbacchus@octodon.social
       2018-11-26T10:01:46Z
       
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       @lynnesbian @jacethechicken lolll i remember learning about this in french class