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cachukis

(3,332 posts) Tue Nov 12, 2024, 11:13 PM Nov 2024

Question: Should we judge people by their [View all]

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.

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Question: Should we judge people by their [View all] cachukis Nov 2024 OP

people who say CAUSE instead of BECAUSE Skittles Nov 2024 #1

No, we should not judge because LuckyCharms Nov 2024 #2

Great point. cachukis Nov 2024 #3

But if they present a certain command of an idea, cachukis Nov 2024 #4

Not to my ears. n/t LuckyCharms Nov 2024 #5

Only insofar as questioning the intelligence of the interlocutor. JoseBalow Nov 2024 #10

No question. The audience is a good judge. cachukis Nov 2024 #12

nah Quiet Em Nov 2024 #6

If you had to write a medical report and misspelled cachukis Nov 2024 #7

If that was my job I would use care and not do that. Quiet Em Nov 2024 #8

Will the people you speak with improve cachukis Nov 2024 #9

I do just fine in life, Quiet Em Nov 2024 #11

Thank you for participating. cachukis Nov 2024 #13

no The Wandering Harper Nov 2024 #14