Language is always changing. At one point ‘an apron’ was ‘a napron’ while words like ‘literally’ are no longer literally literal. What are some language battles that have been lost in living memory and what are some others you predict will soon occur?

Edit: Non-english examples very welcome!

    • DagobahOP
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      4 hours ago

      LUXURY!BACKINMYDAYWEDIDNTHAVESPACES.DONTGETMESTARTEDONTHISLOWERCASENONSENSE

      • Jentu@lemmy.ml
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        3 hours ago

        Our browser is going to fingerprint us through this habit and we’re going to get served knee replacement ads because of it.

      • CandleTiger@programming.dev
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        3 hours ago

        Autocorrect on Microsoft products turns double-space into single space by default. Gotta turn that shit of every time, it’s very frustrating.