The Picard Maneuver@startrek.websiteM to memes@lemmy.world · 1 year agoCan't we just call you Mike or something?startrek.websiteimagemessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up1336arrow-down19
arrow-up1327arrow-down1imageCan't we just call you Mike or something?startrek.websiteThe Picard Maneuver@startrek.websiteM to memes@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square43fedilink
minus-squarePreußisch Blau@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down9·1 year agoLinguistic prescriptivism disgusts me.
minus-squareLemmysMum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down3·edit-21 year agoDismissal of context and nuance for intentionally less comprehensive and accurate communication disgusts me.
minus-squareharmonea@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down3·1 year agoYou’ll be okay. We all have our pet peeves, and none of us can expect the world to abide by them.
minus-squareidkwhatimdoing@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down4·1 year agoYou’ll be ok. Sometimes you’ll be wrong, and someone will have the right to point that out, but you’ll be ok.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down13·1 year agoPeople who use words like “prescriptivism” to sneer at others disgust me.
Linguistic prescriptivism disgusts me.
Dismissal of context and nuance for intentionally less comprehensive and accurate communication disgusts me.
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You’ll be okay. We all have our pet peeves, and none of us can expect the world to abide by them.
You’ll be ok. Sometimes you’ll be wrong, and someone will have the right to point that out, but you’ll be ok.
People who use words like “prescriptivism” to sneer at others disgust me.
Hypocrite! /s