minus-squareRachelhazideas@lemmy.worldtoHistory Memes@piefed.social•"So... how'd that work out?"linkfedilinkarrow-up1·14 days agoLanguage makes stupid chances because people can be stupid, but that’s okay. It doesn’t make the intent of what is said any less genuine. You sound like the French government in how they love to gatekeep the language and reject colloquialisms. linkfedilink
minus-squareRachelhazideas@lemmy.worldtoHistory Memes@piefed.social•"So... how'd that work out?"linkfedilinkarrow-up1·14 days agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_change?wprov=sfla1 linkfedilink
Language makes stupid chances because people can be stupid, but that’s okay. It doesn’t make the intent of what is said any less genuine.
You sound like the French government in how they love to gatekeep the language and reject colloquialisms.