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minus-squareADTJ@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 year agoDid you know that octopi has long been included in many dictionaries also? Language is only half etymology and half vibes
minus-squarerockerface🇺🇦@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoAnd half of etymology is also vibes
minus-squaresik0fewl@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down6·1 year agoYa, but it sounds annoying because it’s incorrect.
minus-squareHonytawk@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIt is not incorrect when the change happens in a living language. That is why they are still living.
minus-squaresik0fewl@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoSure, but to my ears it sounds wrong and there’s already a word with that meaning. I don’t see the problem with correcting people and I’ve definitely misused or mispronounced words and I don’t mind the correction.
minus-squaresenseamidmadness@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year ago100 percent of all words are made up. As long as the point gets communicated, ya best start being more chill about it
Did you know that octopi has long been included in many dictionaries also?
Language is only half etymology and half vibes
And half of etymology is also vibes
Ya, but it sounds annoying because it’s incorrect.
It is not incorrect when the change happens in a living language. That is why they are still living.
Sure, but to my ears it sounds wrong and there’s already a word with that meaning. I don’t see the problem with correcting people and I’ve definitely misused or mispronounced words and I don’t mind the correction.
100 percent of all words are made up. As long as the point gets communicated, ya best start being more chill about it