Comment on Linguistics

letsgo@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

• davidagain@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  People don’t say “that’s not a word” unless they understand. If they don’t understand they say “What?”. The point was that linguistics is the study of how language is used to communicate. “Cristofascist” is going to get added to a dictionary, but “nkkjqqz” isn’t, even though they’re both made up; one conveys meaning, the other doesn’t.

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• Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  this is kindergarden level argumentation lol

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  • letsgo@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Or perhaps it’s a level of intelligence beyond your limited comprehension.

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• Semjaza@lemmynsfw.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Phtooie waawaa ngizzk nizik wagag was plerb. 😮‍💨

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• nutt_goblin@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  <Wow cool robot Gundam meme>

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