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57 sats \ 2 replies \ @OT 30 Nov \ on: Finding X in Espresso: Adventures in Computational Lexicology science
Isn't that how language works? If enough people say it, it becomes correct.
In Australia people pronounce Melbourne mel-bn. When you hear an American say mel-BORN is sounds so wrong!
I don't know if that's the deal with your example, but a lot of the time, it's just a local accent. Doesn't mean it's wrong.
But yeah, there's this whole language thing where bigger crews start roasting the smaller ones for how they talk and for using some less common words. You see this low-key turf war that, long-term, just kills off diversity. I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing, though.
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bigger crews start roasting the smaller ones for how they talk and for using some less common words
it's a double-edged sword; dialect markers are also used for exposing outgroup members, e.g. how locals can recognize that some visitor is a tourist, possibly even from a foreign nation rather than just the next town over.
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