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by dfboyd 319 days ago
We all only speak two languages: English and bad English
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general1726 319 days ago
Ok, now let me see what is an English standard? A Britton from Sheffield pub or girl from local Waffle House in Atlanta?
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samrus 319 days ago
This is elitist. Language is descriptive not prescriptive
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khedoros1 319 days ago
It's a throw-away line in a movie. I wouldn't take it too seriously.
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xboxnolifes 319 days ago
And yet we have multiple languages. So, at some point English must stop being English.
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reilly3000 319 days ago
But must we apply judgment to such boundaries? If it ceases to be English is it ‘good’ again?
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xboxnolifes 319 days ago
Must judgement be applied when categorizing? Yes, because categorization is judgement.
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