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  • idiomaddict@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    As I said, it’s an established term. There’s another option that’s not just chaos: descriptivism. If it’s used to successfully communicate among people, it’s language. If it’s understood by a community of English speakers to be an English word, it is, even if it’s not widely known.

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      4 days ago

      not just chaos

      🤭

      If it’s understood by a community of English speakers to be an English word, it is, even if it’s not widely known.

      ture enuf. demo, yar’s gat ta hav a prescrapt whan ta ba anderstaad, aterwais ya gat gabbarash ta ba rad.