The way things are. - eviltoast
  • Belastend@lemmy.world
    81·
    6 months ago

    No, that is just how linguistics work. Language is decided descriptively, not prescriptively

    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
      13·
      6 months ago

      Nope, both descriptivism and prescriptivism have merit, depending on the specific case.

      A lot of people using a word as having the opposite meaning out of pure ignorance and/or carelessness is one case where prescriptivism is warranted.

      I’ll die on this fucking hill 😄

      • Belastend@lemmy.world
        21·
        6 months ago

        And you will die on a linguistically untenable hill. Redefining words had happened throughout history and language hasnt died out and its not gotten worse.

        • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
          21·
          6 months ago

          And you will die on a linguistically untenable hill

          Is this your way of warning me against going hiking in Wales? 😉

          language hasn’t died out

          Of course not. That’s literally impossible. Don’t be fatuous, Jeffrey.

          and its not gotten worse.

          That’s of mixed veracity at best.