@phaedrux_pharo@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agoI'd rather have a "Would you like to hide all Sports related Content?" button than a "Would you like to hide all NSFW content?" buttonmessage-square294fedilinkarrow-up12.34Karrow-down1144
arrow-up12.2Karrow-down1message-squareI'd rather have a "Would you like to hide all Sports related Content?" button than a "Would you like to hide all NSFW content?" button@phaedrux_pharo@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square294fedilink
minus-square@baatliwala@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink31•2 years agoWhere is the “hide all americans” button?
minus-square@Scrollone@feddit.itlinkfedilink22•2 years agoEspecially US politics. I couldn’t care less. Or as some Americans say, “I could care less”
minus-square@nuez_jr@lemm.eelinkfedilink2•2 years agoIt’d take effort to care any less than I currently do. And I don’t care enough to reduce my interest any further.
minus-squareSpliffman1linkfedilinkEnglish-1•2 years agoWhy do they say it like that? 😂. Don’t they listen to what they are saying?
minus-square@aidan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink0•2 years agoBecause language evolves and isn’t prescriptivist. Especially in the US where a Founding Father wrote a dictionary to explicitly reject strict prescriptivism(it was still prescriptivist in ways but better than contemporaries).
minus-square@wheeldawg@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish4•2 years agoThis is not an example of evolution, this is just a widespread error.
minus-square@aidan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•2 years agoThe target understands it, therefore it is correct language
minus-squareSpliffman1linkfedilinkEnglish-2•2 years agoUsing America in your argument has nullified it in my mind🤣
minus-squareSpliffman1linkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoYou mentioned the founding fathers I assumed that was the american ones
minus-square@aidan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•2 years agoYeah. It is about why Americans say it- so it is relevant to American history?
minus-squareSpliffman1linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoAnd the founding fathers would have said it was wrong too lol
minus-squarePyrolinkfedilinkEnglish-1•2 years agoFor any passing Americans who are thinking “what’s the difference?”, please take 3 minutes to find out.
minus-square@aidan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink0•2 years agoThe purpose of language is to communicate, if it is understood by the target audience it is correct.
Where is the “hide all americans” button?
Especially US politics. I couldn’t care less.
Or as some Americans say, “I could care less”
It’d take effort to care any less than I currently do. And I don’t care enough to reduce my interest any further.
Why do they say it like that? 😂. Don’t they listen to what they are saying?
Because language evolves and isn’t prescriptivist. Especially in the US where a Founding Father wrote a dictionary to explicitly reject strict prescriptivism(it was still prescriptivist in ways but better than contemporaries).
This is not an example of evolution, this is just a widespread error.
The target understands it, therefore it is correct language
Using America in your argument has nullified it in my mind🤣
the argument is about america??
But at this point I couldn’t care less 😂
You mentioned the founding fathers I assumed that was the american ones
Yeah. It is about why Americans say it- so it is relevant to American history?
OK so I still think it’s wrong
And the founding fathers would have said it was wrong too lol
For any passing Americans who are thinking “what’s the difference?”, please take 3 minutes to find out.
The purpose of language is to communicate, if it is understood by the target audience it is correct.
Let me know when you find it lol