Question: Should we judge people by their

[cachukis]

pronunciation of words?
Tumult as too mult or tum mult.
Or is that too picky?
Is our language standardized or media manipulated?
Language moves forward. Is it necessary for settling arguments that words are understood as a basis for the discussion?
Is parsing semantics where we are?
It seems vocabulary is the conflict.

[Skittles]

1. people who say CAUSE instead of BECAUSE

seriously make me feel ill

[LuckyCharms]

2. No, we should not judge because

most people learn new words via reading, and reading is commendable.

I've mispronounced words for years that I've read, and only corrected myself when I heard the proper pronunciation in verbal discussions.

[cachukis]

3. Great point.

I used writhing like withing until my English teaching aunt laughed and then corrected me.

[cachukis]

4. But if they present a certain command of an idea,

would a mispronounced word cause their argument to be suspect?

[LuckyCharms]

5. Not to my ears. n/t

[JoseBalow]

10. Only insofar as questioning the intelligence of the interlocutor.

But if the argument itself is sound, it should stand on it's own merits, faux pas notwithstanding.

And if English is a second language, you get a pass.

[cachukis]

12. No question. The audience is a good judge.

[Quiet Em]

6. nah

My grammar is terrible, I mispronounce a lot of things, but my master of English daughter says it's ok, lol.

[cachukis]

7. If you had to write a medical report and misspelled

a word, would that be okay if a diagnosis caused the administration of a complicating drug?

[Quiet Em]

8. If that was my job I would use care and not do that.

But in my life, and with what I do, it doesn't make a difference. I won't kill anyone with my grammar.

[cachukis]

9. Will the people you speak with improve

their diction or lose it because of you?

[Quiet Em]

11. I do just fine in life,

thank you for asking.

The people in my life are fine as well. This conversation is, frankly, weird. I'm done.

[cachukis]

13. Thank you for participating.

[The Wandering Harper]

14. no

if you got their meaning, it's irrelevant.
if you didn't get their meaning, inquire.