@PugJesus@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish • 17 days agoBrian.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square78fedilinkarrow-up1241arrow-down15
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minus-square@TimewornTraveler@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilink-4•edit-217 days agopeople don’t understand how lexicons work. imagine thinking the dictionary gets to decide what is and isn’t a word… go blork yourselves
minus-square@Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink7•17 days agoExcept precedented is definitely a word that is used, particularly in the legal field, so the dictionary would definitely win that argument.
minus-square@gAlienLifeform@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•17 days agoA couple of decades in the future the addition of “Presidented” to American English (verb: to arbitrarily make a declaration or issue an order, implicitly illegally) will really confuse things
minus-square@DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink1•16 days agoThat’s Presidential vs Unpresidential
minus-square@PugJesus@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglish4•17 days agoIf you lean towards descriptivism, it would be extremely strange to tell another group that their word with citable usage isn’t real. If you lean towards prescriptivism, then Merriam-Webster is literally the dictionary. Brian doesn’t have a leg to stand on for either side.
minus-square@OrgunDonor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•17 days agoI mean, I am going to presume he has two legs to stand on.
people don’t understand how lexicons work. imagine thinking the dictionary gets to decide what is and isn’t a word… go blork yourselves
Except precedented is definitely a word that is used, particularly in the legal field, so the dictionary would definitely win that argument.
A couple of decades in the future the addition of “Presidented” to American English (verb: to arbitrarily make a declaration or issue an order, implicitly illegally) will really confuse things
That’s Presidential vs Unpresidential
If you lean towards descriptivism, it would be extremely strange to tell another group that their word with citable usage isn’t real.
If you lean towards prescriptivism, then Merriam-Webster is literally the dictionary.
Brian doesn’t have a leg to stand on for either side.
I mean, I am going to presume he has two legs to stand on.
Not anymore!