Sometimes I sit alone in a room, wondering if people know what words actually mean or have we ventured past the idea of strict language and we've finally embraced the fluidity of language... - eviltoast

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  • enkers@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    The idea of a strict language is largely a myth:

    All living languages are continually undergoing change. Some commentators use derogatory labels such as “corruption” to suggest that language change constitutes a degradation in the quality of a language, especially when the change originates from human error or is a prescriptively discouraged usage. Modern linguistics rejects this concept, since from a scientific point of view such innovations cannot be judged in terms of good or bad.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_change