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Comment by dfboyd | Hacker News Reader
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dfboyd
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We all only speak two languages: English and bad English
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general1726
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Ok, now let me see what is an English standard? A Britton from Sheffield pub or girl from local Waffle House in Atlanta?
samrus
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This is elitist. Language is descriptive not prescriptive
xboxnolifes
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And yet we have multiple languages. So, at some point English must stop being English.
reilly3000
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But must we apply judgment to such boundaries? If it ceases to be English is it ‘good’ again?
xboxnolifes
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Must judgement be applied when categorizing? Yes, because categorization
is
judgement.
khedoros1
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It's a throw-away line in a movie. I wouldn't take it too seriously.
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