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jonwinstanleyyesterday at 8:20 PM2 repliesview on HN

Yes there’s no point using technically correct words if hardly anyone know them.


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sobkasyesterday at 8:48 PM

Language or the way we use it is often used to exclude "undesired", so there is a point in using them. Not a very nice point, but a point nevertheless.

hyperbovineyesterday at 10:44 PM

Sure there is, as long as your audience does.