I agree with you in principle, but personally it drives me nuts whenever I see “could of”, “I could care less”, “nucelar”, etc. But I admit that it’s a personal thing and don’t correct anyone. That said, whenever I do see them corrected by others, it feels very cathartic. Also, I’d rather someone correct me when I make mistakes like this.
I’d like to say that I’ve seen comment of yours about language before and I want to say I really respect this. I know for me some words are harder to say in English (like rural - though I have practiced! But atm when I say sounds a bit like roool lol) and before seeing on Reddit, I wouldn’t have thought that conversate isn’t considered a word by so many! It doesn’t seem so wrong to me. And it helps to know there are people in the world like you who wouldn’t just be disgusted by the difference.
AAVE is a good example of this. Despite being branded as “street talk” or even “black people are too dumb to speak proper English” by racists, a lot of the so-called “mistakes” are actually just following grammar rules consistent with a variety of African languages, that held over after slaves were forced to speak English.
That’s completely different from speaking bad English. For example, “I could care less” isn’t cultural language, it’s stupid. It means the opposite of what you’re trying to say.
How the fuck do you think language evolves? People say what sounds better or is more convenient. If they didn’t we would still be speaking like Shakespeare or have a dozen different conjugations for every use of a word.
One thing I’ve been wondering about is that since English is the main language used on the Internet and in international communication, and the replacement rate of wealthier white people in countries like the US and Canada is a lot lower than poorer Spanish, Chinese, etc. speaking immigrants, will English eventually end up like Latin where it splits and evolves into many separate languages while the original thing is only really used in formal/intellectual settings?
My god yes, also people who make horrible bots that interrupt the conversation just to push their owners’ spelling or punctuation preferences.
It’s prescriptivist, elitist, and even ableist. Also, social media by nature is colloquial, not formal - it feels like being told off for not wearing a business suit at home on the weekend.
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I agree with you in principle, but personally it drives me nuts whenever I see “could of”, “I could care less”, “nucelar”, etc. But I admit that it’s a personal thing and don’t correct anyone. That said, whenever I do see them corrected by others, it feels very cathartic. Also, I’d rather someone correct me when I make mistakes like this.
I’d like to say that I’ve seen comment of yours about language before and I want to say I really respect this. I know for me some words are harder to say in English (like rural - though I have practiced! But atm when I say sounds a bit like roool lol) and before seeing on Reddit, I wouldn’t have thought that conversate isn’t considered a word by so many! It doesn’t seem so wrong to me. And it helps to know there are people in the world like you who wouldn’t just be disgusted by the difference.
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AAVE is a good example of this. Despite being branded as “street talk” or even “black people are too dumb to speak proper English” by racists, a lot of the so-called “mistakes” are actually just following grammar rules consistent with a variety of African languages, that held over after slaves were forced to speak English.
That’s completely different from speaking bad English. For example, “I could care less” isn’t cultural language, it’s stupid. It means the opposite of what you’re trying to say.
How the fuck do you think language evolves? People say what sounds better or is more convenient. If they didn’t we would still be speaking like Shakespeare or have a dozen different conjugations for every use of a word.
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One thing I’ve been wondering about is that since English is the main language used on the Internet and in international communication, and the replacement rate of wealthier white people in countries like the US and Canada is a lot lower than poorer Spanish, Chinese, etc. speaking immigrants, will English eventually end up like Latin where it splits and evolves into many separate languages while the original thing is only really used in formal/intellectual settings?
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I’m curious, can you/someone provide a concrete example?
My god yes, also people who make horrible bots that interrupt the conversation just to push their owners’ spelling or punctuation preferences.
It’s prescriptivist, elitist, and even ableist. Also, social media by nature is colloquial, not formal - it feels like being told off for not wearing a business suit at home on the weekend.
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Thanks! It was probably inspired by your profile pic, on some level.