Comment on Linguistics
BluesF@lemmy.world 10 months agoEven descriptivists accept there has to be some degree of balance. Yes, language evolves, that doesn’t mean I can start calling my shoes bhurghs and expect anyone to know what I’m talking about.
But if it catches on…
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Except there’s quite a few descriptivists online that take that very stance.
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 10 months ago
name one
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
There’s literally one in the topic of this post. And don’t tell me you haven’t dealt with crazy randos on Reddit that rake the same stance
flerp@lemm.ee 10 months ago
You got trolled bro
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 10 months ago
I’ve seen descriptivists take the position that if enough people use a made up word it counts as communication, but the only people I’ve ever seen saying “well I’m gonna call a tree a xopo instead” are prescriptivists who don’t understand descriptivism.