Professor Kyle
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People love to talk about their language pet peeves... Mine is people thinking there's a "correct" way to speak a language that's constantly changing – often, as you say, to enforce entrenched hierarchy & discrimination.
Acey Deecey 🚀🚀 @mcgarrygirl78
No word started out a word. It came from people using it enough to give it context and meaning. Plus I'm always a little sus of "such and such isn't a word" squad because this is what people do with AAVE. Adulting is a word, a silly word. People like it or they wouldn't use it.
12:17 PM - Nov 26, 2023
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Dr K
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In response to Professor Kyle.
I agree. In teaching English Comp, I make the point that differing modes of language serve differing roles. Speaking to granny on Sunday morning differs from speaking to your buds in the club on Saturday night, so academic language for research essays differs from dialogue in personal narratives.
12:38 PM - Nov 26, 2023 (Edited)
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Julie BlueWave
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Indubitably!
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12:56 PM - Nov 26, 2023
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