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dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works āØ7ā© āØhoursā© agoSure, languages evolve I guess but this isnāt really that IMO.
The whole idea of etymology is that you can figure out what a word means from its roots. If you throw all that out, you give up the scaffolding that makes words make any sense. Same goes for grammatical rules. It seems like the argument for descriptivism is āletās not be elitist when people become less competent with the rules of a languageā, and while thatās a fine ideal, yer usin ma words wrong!
I suspect there is also a body of professional linguists who oppose your point for the same reasons.
dustyData@lemmy.world āØ7ā© āØhoursā© ago
You sound like the kind of person who beat up black people because they donāt speak good enough according to you.