💡 a problematic moth on fedi
linguistic arguments invoking latin or greek for english spelling or grammar will be punished with eternal suffering
Mar 1 at 9:07amWeb
Show thread💡 a problematic moth on fediMar 1

RE: https://mastodon.social/@marginalia/116147973909097066

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Show threadNot a Spring OnionMar 1

@16af93
That will be quite the cross to bear.

(Which is funny, for some people, because the latin root for "suffer" is "sub ferre": "to bear - from below".)

Show threadJacques 🐀 Mar 1
@16af93 here are some data, bestie
Show thread💡 a problematic moth on fediMar 1
@ij eternal rat hell for you
Show threadJacques 🐀 Mar 1
@16af93 I especially love how their argument uses english grammar as one of the options for a english sentence. I get it if you don't know the english grammar or it is somewhat ambiguous, but if you know the english grammar why in the everliving fuck would you argue with a different languages grammar
Show thread💡 a problematic moth on fediMar 1

@ij indeed

the valid cases to invoke the language a word or grammatical feature comes from instead of the rules of the language it is used in:

  • the word is a fresh loanword without wider usage
  • one is unfamiliar with the used language (like english) but is familar with the loanword language (latin)
Show threadMarginaliaMar 1

@16af93

S.V.B.E.E.V.

What if I told you we could go further and import datorum other declensions?

Wouldn't that neatly allow us to push up our glasses even further and be even more annoyingly technicallly correct?

Show thread💡 a problematic moth on fediMar 1
@marginalia those that insist on technical correctness over common sense will be shoved into the locker like the nerds they are
Show threadMarginaliaMar 1
@16af93 It do be like that.