💡 a problematic moth on fediMar 1
linguistic arguments invoking latin or greek for english spelling or grammar will be punished with eternal suffering
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 fedi

@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)
Mar 1 at 10:05amWeb