and the utterly ridiculous txt speak is enough proof of that :-)

On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 10:16 PM, Dave Watts <dwa...@figleaf.com> wrote:
>
>> True Dave. However the fact that at some far off point in the future
>> incorrect usage of words may become correct shouldn't be justification for
>> using them incorrectly now, should it?
>
> If I recall correctly, this tangent to the thread came up with your
> objection to the word "truthiness", which wasn't used incorrectly, and
> has a clear meaning to the people who use it (and most everyone else).
> Your objection revolved around the fact that it wasn't listed in a
> "reputable" dictionary, whatever that is. Again, though, this is
> simply not a valid linguistic argument. If people use a specific
> sequence of sounds and/or letters, and enough other people understand
> what that sequence means, it's a word. You seem to think that these
> sequences are not-words until some authority - the "reputable
> dictionary" - recognizes them as words. That is simply not how
> language works.
>
>> Words have specific meanings. That might change in the future, sure. However
>> when you're trying to communicate in the here and now using words
>> incorrectly, or words not recognized as words, undermines your ability to
>> communicate effectively and is likely to give people justification to not
>> take you seriously
>
> Clearly, that was Shakespeare's problem. He couldn't communicate
> effectively, which is why no one takes him seriously.
>
>> Here. Let's try a paragraph that may, in the future, make perfect sense:
>>
>> Conflarg a doffle erf flustrate the truthiness of the forgenfluff? Hahaha.
>> Indeed. Kefondulor. Kefondulor.
>
> I think you may want to reread what I mentioned previously about consensus.
>
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