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Wikitionary is vastly underrated and underutilized (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Why should language be controlled by central, and private organizations like Merriam-Webster, Oxford English Dictionary, etc.? Language is organic and should evolve with people. What better to reflect that than a crowd sourced dictionary?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I guess what would seem like an important question to me then is how do you maintain a proper standard with an open concept like that?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Never underestimate the internet's ability to correct mistakes

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

It depends what you mean by a "proper standard". Anyone can reference a dictionary. A dictionary is an extension of language, and, by that extension, it should evolve organically as language does.