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submitted 11 months ago by nebula42@lemmy.world to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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[–] AdmiralShat@programming.dev 22 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (13 children)

People also tend to forget that dictionaries were compiled for the sake of selling them for profit.

Dictionaries aren't the be all end all of a language.

If something accurately communicates an idea, then it has done its job. You can argue for accuracy, but at the end of the day, fuck off.

[–] Sorchist@kbin.social 23 points 11 months ago

I don't think you can put this at the feet of BIG DICTIONARY.

Dictionaries are generally descriptivist and don't preach. It's style guides and individual angry language weirdos who preach.

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