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Not only do we define anyways (gasp!), we give the word multiple senses (look away, children!). Is the English language dead and have we killed it? No.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If the English language was dead these pedants would have something of more substance to talk about.

Like you're singing the praises of a language whose plural for deer is deer and for mouse is mice. It's not pretty, the rules don't work, it's constantly evolving. Saying a word isn't a word ain't nothin but classism.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

"That word doesn't exist! Someone just made it up!" – "Well, that's how words come into existence..."

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ah see wut yer did thar.