• Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee
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    4 months ago

    If only a very small handful of people make the same mistake, it doesn’t evolve the language, it’s just a mistake, plain and simple.

    I know you’re just trying to make yourself feel a wee bit morally superior by saying that, but it’s the complete opposite of how language evolution works

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        4 months ago

        People have varying degrees of ability to understand outside of what they know, what is “good enough” for you might be incomprehensible to someone else.