Nice try. Fun fact: Language prescriptivism is at best classist, at worst white nationalist behavior. Take that as you will, and have fun on my blocklist.

[–] FMT99@lemmy.world 44 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Wow that's quite the abrasive response to an off the cuff remark. Have a nice life.

Still it will be hard to break to my mixed race kids that their dad is a secret white nationalist.

[–] pimento64@sopuli.xyz 18 points 11 months ago

Descriptivism is a vestige of pre-industrial society. Prescriptivism is a necessity of universal literacy. Language evolves over time, and one of the ways in which it evolves is how it evolves. Also, if you believe in linguistic descriptivism, you are also required to believe in a descriptivist system of weights and measures, or vice versa, or you're a hypocrite. Thank you for attending my TED talk, I am not taking questions.

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

???

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

People hate when you say this but you're right, prescriptivism is a fucking disgusting practice and anyone who supports it needs to take a long hard look at the rest of their opinions and why they hold them.

[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 11 months ago

Yes, as you know it has been historically used to exclude and marginalize groups of people, and it still is!