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chunes@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

As an American if someone said “nitch” out loud I would secretly die inside and then do my best to remember this:

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FundMECFS@anarchist.nexus ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
It would make me cringe asf but similarly I would remember policing how people use words to uphold some „purity“ of language is mostly BS and your time can be spent in much better ways.

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- teft@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  
  policing how people use words to uphold some „purity“ of language
  
  Pretty much every language besides english has an institute dedicated to doing that exact thing. In spanish it’s the Royal Spanish Academy (La Real Academia Española).
  
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  - rumschlumpel@feddit.org ⁨48⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago
    Yeah, and it’s kinda bullshit.
    
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