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The tricky part is that spoken language and written language are not the same. Even if you are a descriptionist that believes dictionaries should represent how people write, it doesn't necessarily mean that the spelling changes based on how people pronounce it.
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That's actually how many of the dictionary people see themselves.
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Also known as descriptivism. That's what it do.
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That is in fact what the dictionary is supposed to do.
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A natural descriptivist.
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