“irregardless”
Irregardely
exasturbate
What do you mean?
Prolly
It is indeed a word.
much like “therefor”, which does not mean the same thing as “therefore”
Well shit. I never knew what “ostensibly” meant. I thought it was a direct equivalent to the French “ostensiblement”. And apparently so does Google Translate.
Except that the definition of “ostensiblement” is “Not hidden, done with the intention to be seen”. Which is not at all the English meaning. So now I wonder what’s an accurate English translation for “ostensiblement”…
In tents, if porpoises
Ginormous
Purportedly!
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Genuine question: why do people care? The goal of language is to communicate and if you understand what the other person said then they’ve done that
Wye due pupil cairn what wards ah yews wren the pronoun serration is clothes and off two yonder sandwich wards amen two yews wrens pea king allowed.
Thank you for providing evidence in my favor by communicating an idea with words near the edge of incoherence. Obviously there’s a spectrum here between near misses and totally breakdown of language. But this is Lemmy so let’s jump the gun and not give people the consideration we would if we spoke to them to their face. I’m talking about how all the examples people have been providing are near misses that are very clearly communicating the same thing as a “correct” word. People aren’t stupid for using them, you’re an asshole for being irritated by it
Because “supposably” is not a goddamn word, so it shouldn’t be used to communicate. We live in a society
Supposebly is a word though…
https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/supposably-vs-supposedly
We live in a society smh my head every time
You know what also wasn’t a word?
Literally every word that is now a word.
Word
If you know what they mean, who cares? Does it give you an erection to “correct” people when literally everyone knows what the person means? You’re not winning any brownie points being a wannabe middle school English teacher. You’re just an insufferable twat.
El Guapo, I know that I, Jefe, do not have your superior intellect and education, but could it be that once again, you are angry at something else, and are looking to take it out on me?
– Jefe, ¡Three Amigos!
