phaedrux_pharo@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoI'd rather have a "Would you like to hide all Sports related Content?" button than a "Would you like to hide all NSFW content?" buttonmessage-squaremessage-square194fedilinkarrow-up11.75Karrow-down1102
arrow-up11.65Karrow-down1message-squareI'd rather have a "Would you like to hide all Sports related Content?" button than a "Would you like to hide all NSFW content?" buttonphaedrux_pharo@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square194fedilink
minus-squarebaatliwala@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up34arrow-down7·1 year agoWhere is the “hide all americans” button?
minus-squareScrollone@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up26arrow-down4·1 year agoEspecially US politics. I couldn’t care less. Or as some Americans say, “I could care less”
minus-squarenuez_jr@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoIt’d take effort to care any less than I currently do. And I don’t care enough to reduce my interest any further.
minus-squareSpliffman1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·edit-21 year agodeleted by creator
minus-squareaidan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·1 year agoBecause language evolves and isn’t prescriptivist. Especially in the US where a Founding Father wrote a dictionary to explicitly reject strict prescriptivism(it was still prescriptivist in ways but better than contemporaries).
minus-squarewheeldawg@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoThis is not an example of evolution, this is just a widespread error.
minus-squareaidan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThe target understands it, therefore it is correct language
minus-squareSpliffman1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down4·edit-21 year agodeleted by creator
minus-squareaidan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agothe argument is about america??
minus-squareaidan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoYeah. It is about why Americans say it- so it is relevant to American history?
minus-squarePyro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down5·1 year agoFor any passing Americans who are thinking “what’s the difference?”, please take 3 minutes to find out.
minus-squareaidan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoThe purpose of language is to communicate, if it is understood by the target audience it is correct.
minus-squareSpliffman1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-21 year agodeleted by creator
Where is the “hide all americans” button?
Especially US politics. I couldn’t care less.
Or as some Americans say, “I could care less”
It’d take effort to care any less than I currently do. And I don’t care enough to reduce my interest any further.
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Because language evolves and isn’t prescriptivist. Especially in the US where a Founding Father wrote a dictionary to explicitly reject strict prescriptivism(it was still prescriptivist in ways but better than contemporaries).
This is not an example of evolution, this is just a widespread error.
The target understands it, therefore it is correct language
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the argument is about america??
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Yeah. It is about why Americans say it- so it is relevant to American history?
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For any passing Americans who are thinking “what’s the difference?”, please take 3 minutes to find out.
The purpose of language is to communicate, if it is understood by the target audience it is correct.
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