• kureta@lemmy.ml
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    29 days ago

    Too late. it is a widely used term with a very specific meaning now. that’s language for you. not just modern language. all of language.

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      29 days ago

      Yeah, you’re right. If I’d have spoken up earlier then people would have listened!

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        29 days ago

        I feel your pain. I am not a native english speaker but I see lots of comparable words come up in my language. I believe they are wrong but I know many “wrong” examples that were wrong a century ago but they are part of the daily language now.