A stupefying proportion of what mass media and everyday people think they know about linguistics and languages is wrong. Unfortunately, they do not appreciate corrections.
Wait, why is “I’m a man with mental illness” bad while “I could care less” isn’t a problem? What’s the difference? Is it about efficiency because the idea could be conveyed with fewer words by saying “I’m a mentally ill man”?
I’m just a layman, but I find it really confusing.
Very interesting! I had no idea “tenth” comes from “tithe”. So was it common to tithe ten percent of your income or where’s the connection?
Also, shouldn’t the ur-language debate be focused on African languages, unless you don’t know that humans emerged from Africa into the rest of the world?
Linguistics.
A stupefying proportion of what mass media and everyday people think they know about linguistics and languages is wrong. Unfortunately, they do not appreciate corrections.
I would love to know more! Feel free to vent.
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I love this! Please be angry about more language things.
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Wait, why is “I’m a man with mental illness” bad while “I could care less” isn’t a problem? What’s the difference? Is it about efficiency because the idea could be conveyed with fewer words by saying “I’m a mentally ill man”?
I’m just a layman, but I find it really confusing.
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I never considered that there is a difference in implications and saw the two sentences as basically identical. Thanks for explaining it.
This is quality ranting, which the world needs.
All but the last four were new to me, so thank you!
At first I was going to say the “would of” crowd hates you, but now they’re probably going to cite this post in every argument.
Very interesting! I had no idea “tenth” comes from “tithe”. So was it common to tithe ten percent of your income or where’s the connection?
Also, shouldn’t the ur-language debate be focused on African languages, unless you don’t know that humans emerged from Africa into the rest of the world?
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