Re:The Britishisation of American English
by dpark on Thursday September 27, 2012 @12:08PM
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And so we move from discussing pedantic points of language to discussing tangential points that are even more pedantic. :)
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Re:The Britishisation of American English
by freehunter on Thursday September 27, 2012 @12:40PM
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Thus is the nature of a living language. Everyone has their own interpretation of how the language should be used, and it's up to everyone to find common ground in order to be understood. Debates, even inconsequential debates, are an integral part of understanding the words we assign arbitrary meaning to.
Re:The Britishisation of American English
by nollidge on Thursday September 27, 2012 @01:34PM
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If we're going to talk about language, then it's far from pedantic to insist on using it properly while doing so.
Re:The Britishisation of American English
by dpark on Thursday September 27, 2012 @01:41PM
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I was poking fun, but complaining about the use of the word "grammar" here is quite pedantic. Swapping the word "grammar" for something more strictly correct would have yielded no improvement to the conversation.
Re:The Britishisation of American English
by nollidge on Thursday September 27, 2012 @04:13PM
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> would have yielded no improvement to the conversation
thats true freehunter didnt need to use the most best word in order to get acrost the course grain jyst of his thaughts but at sum point the lak of exact language use does become a hinderance to smoothe discorse and i guess id rather air on the side of accurasy and preciseness and ask the same of others even if that meens i risk being thaught a pedant