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  • alapakala@quokk.au
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    30 days ago
    ∸◷❓ᑐ↓ᐳ畄,ᐳ꘠⍯?

    lon tenpo seme la ni li sona, li toki pakala?

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    At what time is it comprehension, and ramblings?

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      30 days ago

      As I said, it’s an established term. There’s another option that’s not just chaos: descriptivism. If it’s used to successfully communicate among people, it’s language. If it’s understood by a community of English speakers to be an English word, it is, even if it’s not widely known.

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        30 days ago

        not just chaos

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        If it’s understood by a community of English speakers to be an English word, it is, even if it’s not widely known.

        ture enuf. demo, yar’s gat ta hav a prescrapt whan ta ba anderstaad, aterwais ya gat gabbarash ta ba rad.

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              29 days ago

              Nuance? Huh? Naw, we should either rework words to fit our understandings of etymology or use any form of language we have access to to try and communicate in English… right?

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                  29 days ago

                  Oh, I don’t speak British Academic Scientific International and Commercial English, though I’m pretty sure I could understand it, maybe that’s the issue?

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                    29 days ago

                    I think we are getting lost.
                    What do you mean by prescriptivism?
                    I am using threadiverse’s grammar-authoritarianism as Q.E.D. that threadiverse, and it’s usage of BASIC is prescriptvist. While you and I vary our use of English dialects, & can communicate efficiently, threadiverse refuses to budge, as most are indoctrinated, and do not want to engage in other Yīngyǔ dialects.
                    tis why I propose sitelen pona earlier, because threadie hates nuance. (not us)