alt Hacker NewsI few years ago I saw a TV interview where some gen-z kid confidently stated: "the dictdionary is supposed to reflect how I talk, not the other was around."
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xboxnolifes • today at 2:42 AM
The tricky part is that spoken language and written language are not the same. Even if you are a descriptionist that believes dictionaries should represent how people write, it doesn't necessarily mean that the spelling changes based on how people pronounce it.
eru • today at 2:09 AM
That's actually how many of the dictionary people see themselves.
saulpw • today at 2:51 AM
A natural descriptivist.
thaumasiotes • today at 4:57 AM
That is in fact what the dictionary is supposed to do.
Also known as descriptivism. That's what it do.