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Re:The correct abbreviation for Firefox is ‘Fx’, not ‘FF’ by aninhumer on Tuesday May 27, 2014 @09:19AM (#7804270)
For the most part, I don't think these kinds of issues are caused by disagreements in linguistic philosophy. Most people are taught language in a way which encourages them to think in a prescriptivist way, and they simply never learn about descriptivism.
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Re:The correct abbreviation for Firefox is ‘Fx’, not ‘FF’ by etfb on Wednesday May 28, 2014 @07:05AM (#7809304)
And thence comes most of the really stupid arguments on Facebook that aren't about guns or Firefly.

This is why I long to own a t-shirt bearing the words "Practising Peddant".

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