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[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago (12 children)

What if it isn't everyone who uses a word "wrong"? What if it's say 25% of people who use it incorrectly? Should you encourage them to use it correctly?

If there are two different ways of using the word and they could be mistaken for each-other that's bad. Once the use of a word has flipped and means something very different from the original (idiot, gay, etc.) then there's no reason to try to return to the original usage. If the usage is still in dispute and the majority of people use the word in the original meaning, I think it's good to discourage people from using the word incorrectly so that people are still able to understand each-other.

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[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

How many is everyone? Are we talking majority rules? Would you like to pit dialects against each other?

[–] EvilCartyen@feddit.dk 5 points 1 week ago

It makes little sense to think of language outside of communities, so if a speech community uses a word in a certain way then it's correct in that context.

Of course, most states find it useful to establish an official variant. It is usually based on whatever the ruling class speaks, and is claimed to be 'correct', but there are no objective linguistic criteria which make it possible to say that Parisian French is more correct than e.g. Haitian French.

[–] LSNLDN@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 week ago (7 children)

No because I’m not a proud antisemite despite some people’s use of the word

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[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

3rd world. Anyone that uses the old definiton is being intentionally obtuse. And annoying.

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[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Not in programming languages.

[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Unlike humans, the entities who process those aren't capable of mentally compensating on the fly for deviations from the standard so "wrong words" are immediately punished and can't proliferate.

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[–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I have such a kneejerk reaction to say “lectern” when people say “podium” that when they really do mean “podium” I have to correct myself. 😅

[–] mechanismatic@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Seems like a variant of hypercorrection.

[–] daannii@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Irrigardless

[–] Lexam@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago

That is literally unbelievable.

[–] lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Needs text alternative.Images of text break much that text alternatives do not. Losses due to image of text lacking alternative:

  • usability
    • we can't quote the text without pointless bullshit like retyping it or OCR
    • text search is unavailable
    • the system can't
      • reflow text to varied screen sizes
      • vary presentation (size, contrast)
      • vary modality (audio, braille)
  • accessibility
    • lacks semantic structure (tags for titles, heading levels, sections, paragraphs, lists, emphasis, code, links, accessibility features, etc)
    • some users can't read this due to lack of alt text
    • users can't adapt the text for dyslexia or vision impairments
    • systems can't read the text to them or send it to braille devices
  • searchability: the "text" isn't indexable by search engine in a meaningful way
  • fault tolerance: no text fallback if
    • image breaks
    • image host is geoblocked due to insane regulations.

Contrary to age & humble appearance, text is an advanced technology that provides all these capabilities absent from images.

yes, conventions (which include natural language) work that way: the community of users sets the convention

what if I told you images can have alt text?

[–] Shamber@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (9 children)

Like aks instead of ask? The Internet tried hard to convince me, but I'm still not convinced, sorry!

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[–] tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 4 points 1 week ago

I will fight lexicon for the most petty of reasons. Idgaf

[–] infinitevalence@discuss.online 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I am just Decimated by this argument!

[–] Zangoose@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Really begs the question of what language even means

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] Nomecks@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago

That's so yeet

[–] CaptainPedantic@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Who guesses? You? Me? Everyone?

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