I don’t think it’s a problem that language becomes more precise and technical over time. What is a problem is gating off understanding of precise and technical use of language behind hundreds of thousands of dollars of private education and then looking down on people for not understanding words. Imo it’s a modern day expression of classism - the new version of laughing at poor people because they don’t know the correct fork to use for the second course.
I’m an absolute fucking English language simp, just a giant sloppy word nerd. I am really into JRR Tolkien. I speak in a normal conversation like Matt Christman rants. I am INTERESTED in etymology. Chuds using military sounding jargon ‘tactically ascertaining a potential development’ and libs making therapy language part of their everyday speech is way more painful to me than anyone who is speaking ‘incorrectly’ due to class reasons. Those people are genuinely doing a better job at English cause they’re not using words they think they should be using and instead yknow, conveying thought through language.
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I don’t think it’s a problem that language becomes more precise and technical over time. What is a problem is gating off understanding of precise and technical use of language behind hundreds of thousands of dollars of private education and then looking down on people for not understanding words. Imo it’s a modern day expression of classism - the new version of laughing at poor people because they don’t know the correct fork to use for the second course.
I’m an absolute fucking English language simp, just a giant sloppy word nerd. I am really into JRR Tolkien. I speak in a normal conversation like Matt Christman rants. I am INTERESTED in etymology. Chuds using military sounding jargon ‘tactically ascertaining a potential development’ and libs making therapy language part of their everyday speech is way more painful to me than anyone who is speaking ‘incorrectly’ due to class reasons. Those people are genuinely doing a better job at English cause they’re not using words they think they should be using and instead yknow, conveying thought through language.
well not only that but purposely misusing language so those that don’t know any better never will
But it’s not becoming more precise and technical, it’s becoming more vague, more meaningless, more flowery and yet uglier all at the same time