thrawn@beehaw.org to Chat@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agoWhat petty hill will you die on?message-squaremessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareWhat petty hill will you die on?thrawn@beehaw.org to Chat@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square4fedilinkfile-text
For me I say that a truck with a cab longer than its bed is not a truck, but an SUV with an overgrown bumper.
minus-squaregeissi@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoWhile I don’t support language prescriptivism just for the sake of it, there should be a common understanding what words mean. Otherwise language loses its function to accurately and effectively transport information, no?
While I don’t support language prescriptivism just for the sake of it, there should be a common understanding what words mean.
Otherwise language loses its function to accurately and effectively transport information, no?