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<blockquote data-quote="Fifth Element" data-source="post: 8598939" data-attributes="member: 48135"><p>I reject linguistic prescriptivism entirely. To quote a wise man, all words are made up. And beyond that, words change in meaning over time. Drawing a stark line at an arbitrary point is not helpful when people are having conversations. The poster used the term in a particular way, which many people use, making its meaning clear. Since the meaning was clear, stepping in with "ackshually..." would not have helped the discussion.</p><p></p><p>Some might say that right now, you're on a crusade to promote the correct use of this term. It would be ridiculous of me to reject that claim on the basis that you are not engaging in military action under a religious banner. And yet, at one time that was the "correct" use of that term.</p><p></p><p></p><p>If people used red to mean what we mean when we say blue, and vice-versa, those usages would absolutely be appropriate, since a word's meaning is determined by its usage and all words are made up. Here, since one of the common usages of the term in question was used, there are no grounds to say it's incorrect. That's one way that people use the term. Simple fact.</p><p></p><p></p><p>If you mean that people can use words that do not convey what they're trying to say, absolutely. If you use a term in a completely novel way, and give no indication of its meaning, that could be called incorrect because it fails at communicating your meaning, though I would probably use a different terms that doesn't carry prescriptivist baggage with it.</p><p></p><p>However, since in this case the term was used in a common way, and the meaning was clear based on context, there are no grounds to say the usage of the term was incorrect.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fifth Element, post: 8598939, member: 48135"] I reject linguistic prescriptivism entirely. To quote a wise man, all words are made up. And beyond that, words change in meaning over time. Drawing a stark line at an arbitrary point is not helpful when people are having conversations. The poster used the term in a particular way, which many people use, making its meaning clear. Since the meaning was clear, stepping in with "ackshually..." would not have helped the discussion. Some might say that right now, you're on a crusade to promote the correct use of this term. It would be ridiculous of me to reject that claim on the basis that you are not engaging in military action under a religious banner. And yet, at one time that was the "correct" use of that term. If people used red to mean what we mean when we say blue, and vice-versa, those usages would absolutely be appropriate, since a word's meaning is determined by its usage and all words are made up. Here, since one of the common usages of the term in question was used, there are no grounds to say it's incorrect. That's one way that people use the term. Simple fact. If you mean that people can use words that do not convey what they're trying to say, absolutely. If you use a term in a completely novel way, and give no indication of its meaning, that could be called incorrect because it fails at communicating your meaning, though I would probably use a different terms that doesn't carry prescriptivist baggage with it. However, since in this case the term was used in a common way, and the meaning was clear based on context, there are no grounds to say the usage of the term was incorrect. [/QUOTE]
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