Hate to break it to ya boss but part of speech is descriptive, not prescriptive. Childish would be insisting that every word stay in the tidy little box assigned to it rather than recognizing and appreciating language’s flexibility and constant evolution.
Yep, real childish of me to insist that our goddamned primary communication protocols remain consistent because it would cut down on fun improvisation.
Hate to break it to ya boss but part of speech is descriptive, not prescriptive. Childish would be insisting that every word stay in the tidy little box assigned to it rather than recognizing and appreciating language’s flexibility and constant evolution.
Yep, real childish of me to insist that our goddamned primary communication protocols remain consistent because it would cut down on fun improvisation.
Forsooth, I find thy point fit only for the jakes.
That level of change took centuries and I still understand it.
The internet speeds up change to the point where we’ll lose intelligibility.