The Picard ManeuverM to [email protected] • 2 years agoCan't we just call you Mike or something?startrek.websiteimagemessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up1338
arrow-up1338imageCan't we just call you Mike or something?startrek.websiteThe Picard ManeuverM to [email protected] • 2 years agomessage-square38fedilink
minus-squareharmonealinkfedilink6•2 years agoYou’ll be okay. We all have our pet peeves, and none of us can expect the world to abide by them.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•2 years agoYou’ll be ok. Sometimes you’ll be wrong, and someone will have the right to point that out, but you’ll be ok.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink7•2 years agoPeople who use words like “prescriptivism” to sneer at others disgust me.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink13•edit-22 years agoDismissal of context and nuance for intentionally less comprehensive and accurate communication disgusts me.
Linguistic prescriptivism disgusts me.
You’ll be okay. We all have our pet peeves, and none of us can expect the world to abide by them.
You’ll be ok. Sometimes you’ll be wrong, and someone will have the right to point that out, but you’ll be ok.
People who use words like “prescriptivism” to sneer at others disgust me.
Hypocrite! /s
Dismissal of context and nuance for intentionally less comprehensive and accurate communication disgusts me.
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