The Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoIt's so strange that this is even a thingstartrek.websiteimagemessage-square334fedilinkarrow-up1630arrow-down194
arrow-up1536arrow-down1imageIt's so strange that this is even a thingstartrek.websiteThe Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square334fedilink
minus-squaregriefreeze@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·10 months agoSurprise! The Internet isn’t the only place people converse and it’s not homogeneous either.
minus-squaregentooer@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoYes, but it’s the only place I converse with people whose first language is English.
minus-squaregriefreeze@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-210 months agoWhich is fine. That doesn’t mean one or the other (curve vs curb) is more correct, English is a living language and as such constantly changes. Edit: I’d also like to re-emphasize that the internet is not homogeneous.
minus-squareAtaraxialinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoOr one is wrong and people need to stop using it instead of being ignorant. Like saying I itched myself. Tacky.
Surprise! The Internet isn’t the only place people converse and it’s not homogeneous either.
Yes, but it’s the only place I converse with people whose first language is English.
Which is fine. That doesn’t mean one or the other (curve vs curb) is more correct, English is a living language and as such constantly changes.
Edit: I’d also like to re-emphasize that the internet is not homogeneous.
Or one is wrong and people need to stop using it instead of being ignorant. Like saying I itched myself. Tacky.