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The descriptivist's dilemma (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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alt text: A two panel comic. In the first panel there are two buttons labeled "I don't believe in prescriptivism" and "'Literally' cannot mean 'figuratively'". A finger hovers between the buttons. In the second panel, the finger's owner is sweating and wiping his brow, unable to decide.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

yeah but I'm saying Joyce just does what he wants and im just kidding around

like take Ulysses chapter 9 (Scylla and Charybdis), lns 697–707

He left her his
Secondbest
Bed.
Punkt.
Leftherhis
Secondbest
Leftherhis
Bestabed
Secabest
Leftabed
Woa!

My joke was "was this the guy you want to use as a good example of descriptivism?!"