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marcosdumay
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“Irregardless” is part of a penumbra of unorthodox...
> copying other people’s behavior without asking why
Yielding to a shared meaning is the entire point of language.
uniqueid
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Indeed. If we didn't slavishly imitate the language of people around us, we'd have no languages at all. Even as things are, it takes a decade and a half for most people to master their own tongue.
swiley
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It’s not the shared meaning that I’m talking about but its thoughtless acceptance.
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Yielding to a shared meaning is the entire point of language.