• @[email protected]
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    75 months ago

    If only a very small handful of people make the same mistake, it doesn’t evolve the language, it’s just a mistake, plain and simple.

    I know you’re just trying to make yourself feel a wee bit morally superior by saying that, but it’s the complete opposite of how language evolution works

    • Sabata
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      -45 months ago

      It’s not a mistake if I can understand the message.

      • @[email protected]
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        25 months ago

        People have varying degrees of ability to understand outside of what they know, what is “good enough” for you might be incomprehensible to someone else.