The Picard Maneuver@startrek.websiteM to memes@lemmy.world · 11 months agoCan't we just call you Mike or something?startrek.websiteimagemessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up1338arrow-down110
arrow-up1328arrow-down1imageCan't we just call you Mike or something?startrek.websiteThe Picard Maneuver@startrek.websiteM to memes@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square38fedilink
minus-squarePreußisch Blau@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down9·11 months agoLinguistic prescriptivism disgusts me.
minus-squareLemmysMum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down3·edit-211 months agoDismissal of context and nuance for intentionally less comprehensive and accurate communication disgusts me.
minus-squareharmonea@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down3·11 months agoYou’ll be okay. We all have our pet peeves, and none of us can expect the world to abide by them.
minus-squareidkwhatimdoing@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down4·11 months agoYou’ll be ok. Sometimes you’ll be wrong, and someone will have the right to point that out, but you’ll be ok.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down13·11 months agoPeople who use words like “prescriptivism” to sneer at others disgust me.
Linguistic prescriptivism disgusts me.
Dismissal of context and nuance for intentionally less comprehensive and accurate communication disgusts me.
*fewer
You’ll be okay. We all have our pet peeves, and none of us can expect the world to abide by them.
You’ll be ok. Sometimes you’ll be wrong, and someone will have the right to point that out, but you’ll be ok.
People who use words like “prescriptivism” to sneer at others disgust me.
Hypocrite! /s