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minus-squareBurgerPunk [he/him, comrade/them]linkfedilinkEnglish9•10 months agoI mean you feel confindent saying that a word has a meaning that is agreed upon
minus-square@JohnDClay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink1•10 months agoYes? Sometimes multiple in the case of homophones.
minus-squareBurgerPunk [he/him, comrade/them]linkfedilinkEnglish9•edit-210 months agoSo if someone told you that you were using a word or words incorrectly, because the agreed upon usage of that term was decided, you would accept it and wouldn’t pedantically argue that point instead?
I mean you feel confindent saying that a word has a meaning that is agreed upon
Yes? Sometimes multiple in the case of homophones.
So if someone told you that you were using a word or words incorrectly, because the agreed upon usage of that term was decided, you would accept it and wouldn’t pedantically argue that point instead?