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ButlerianJihad
5 hours ago
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fooker
4 hours ago
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This is how language works, things mean what people using language want it to mean. Not the more precise version you want it to mean.
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bigstrat2003
4 hours ago
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No, when people misuse the language they are wrong. Their bad use does not become correct just because it's popular. Linguistic descriptivism is a nonsense idea.
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