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[–] tdawg@lemmy.world 49 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I've always been a big advocate of the idea that the only part of communication that matters is communication. If people understand you then congrats you've successfully languaged

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 12 points 4 months ago (2 children)

What if people understand you, but they think you're stupid?

[–] Klear@sh.itjust.works 12 points 4 months ago

Congratulations! You did the best you could...

[–] MonkRome@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

That's their problem. I always assume the stupid people are the ones that are so inflexible and uncreative, that they don't understand that language is entirely an amorphous flexible human creation.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The flip side of that is that if the words you're using are wutdownrerary, you should be told to stop using those words because by using them you make communication harder.

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Does "glizzy" (e.g. hotdog) fit under this classification?

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

glizzy

I've never heard that term, and wouldn't know what it meant.

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago

I literally gave the definition