Eccentric to Linguistics@mander.xyz · 10 days ago(Bad linguistics) Language change is wrong, actuallywww.independent.orgexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down12file-textcross-posted to: longreads
arrow-up116arrow-down1external-link(Bad linguistics) Language change is wrong, actuallywww.independent.orgEccentric to Linguistics@mander.xyz · 10 days agomessage-square15fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: longreads
Found this article in the longreads community arguing why “politically correct” terms shouldn’t be used. You guys have any thoughts?
minus-squareMechanismatic@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 days agoIronically, instead of “prescribing against,” it seems like you mean proscribing.
minus-squareLvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyzMlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 days agoBoth “to prescribe against [thing]” and “to proscribe [thing]” are functionally equivalent in this context, at least acc. to how I use both words: to prescribe - to lay down rules on what should be accepted / rejected. to proscribe - to forbid, to strongly recommend against something. But I’d rather use the first one here due to the topic, prescriptivism.
Ironically, instead of “prescribing against,” it seems like you mean proscribing.
Both “to prescribe against [thing]” and “to proscribe [thing]” are functionally equivalent in this context, at least acc. to how I use both words:
But I’d rather use the first one here due to the topic, prescriptivism.