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Friends and I started using it in our 30s and that was 20 years ago. It's a discourse marker and they're part of every language. The moral panic over this one is probably about 30 years old now. There's nothing wrong with it - it serves a purpose. #Linguistics
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I swear there isn't a person under the age of 30 who can't get through a full sentence without using it at least once for no reason.
I swear there isn't a person under the age of 30 who can't get through a full sentence without using it at least once for no reason.
other than "yeah, no." what's an annoying thing people say?
November 25, 2024 at 1:06 PM
Friends and I started using it in our 30s and that was 20 years ago. It's a discourse marker and they're part of every language. The moral panic over this one is probably about 30 years old now. There's nothing wrong with it - it serves a purpose. #Linguistics
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A good debunking of linguistic claptrap. Try to resist clicking through to the article – it would only encourage them. #linguistics
Here’s an article in @financialtimes.com by Janan Ganesh. I’m not going to dunk on this the way I did on the old site (we're nice over here). Instead, I bet a lot of people feel there’s something wrong with this article, but not exactly what. So let’s talk about that in this long-ish thread. 🧵
November 26, 2024 at 7:19 PM
A good debunking of linguistic claptrap. Try to resist clicking through to the article – it would only encourage them. #linguistics