The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 3 days agoTechnology has come a long waylemmy.worldimagemessage-square120fedilinkarrow-up11.06Kfile-text
arrow-up11.06KimageTechnology has come a long waylemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square120fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFatherPeanut@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 days agoYou’re trying to spell check a farmer. We simply do not care.
minus-squareSLVRDRGN@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-22 days agoNot caring about spelling is nothing to be proud of. Literacy is important. A farmer who is literate is even more than a farmer who isn’t.
minus-squarePeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-21 day agoBeing a language pedant is nothing to be proud of. The actual linguists don’t take that that position, you’re just performing for Internet points
minus-squareSLVRDRGN@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoI definitely do not care about internet points. Quite an assumption. On the contrary, I care for his benefit. Is it so odd that someone can give constructive criticism?
minus-squarePeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 day agoHey, I’m just giving you constructive criticism. Broaden your understanding of language before criticizing the language of others.
minus-squareWizardofFrobozz@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days agoProfessor of applied linguistics here, can confirm, language is fluid, don’t be a goober
minus-squarePeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoIt’s ironic that the people who are the loudest about the literacy crisis seem to have such a narrow understanding of “literacy”.
minus-squareShadyGrove@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoA farmer who is literate is even more what?
You’re trying to spell check a farmer. We simply do not care.
Not caring about spelling is nothing to be proud of. Literacy is important. A farmer who is literate is even more than a farmer who isn’t.
Being a language pedant is nothing to be proud of. The actual linguists don’t take that that position, you’re just performing for Internet points
I definitely do not care about internet points. Quite an assumption. On the contrary, I care for his benefit. Is it so odd that someone can give constructive criticism?
Hey, I’m just giving you constructive criticism. Broaden your understanding of language before criticizing the language of others.
Professor of applied linguistics here, can confirm, language is fluid, don’t be a goober
It’s ironic that the people who are the loudest about the literacy crisis seem to have such a narrow understanding of “literacy”.
Without fail.
A farmer who is literate is even more what?
As I said, is more.