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The point is unregulated languages are vastly worse than regulated ones. English is an example of it when it comes to both grammar and spelling, where you can even have idiotic teachers spit out grammar books in the 50s claiming "no split infinitives" and some people say "of course, that's totally true!"
But English DOES have an academy, and it caused many of those problems because it was the source of many.
No it does not.
It does, the US founded one in the 1700s.
Are you talking about American Academy of Language and Belles Lettres? That hasn't been operational since the late 1700s.
No, Merriam Webster, as an example, produces current works from it.
That's a private company though.
It is now, but it's touted as being the authority on what is and isn't an actual word of the English language.
Eventually twerking may become a proper word in the English language if it makes it into that book.
The only official academy which has ever existed is the American Academy of Language and Belles Lettres which hasn't existed since the early 19th century. Any other claims are basically self-appointed, non-government sponsored entities which is something anyone can say. Merriam-Webster never held the position, they just think because they took over after Noah was dead that they have the same authority he had, and he really didn't have much of any because in his lifetime his dictionary wasn't very popular.
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The point is unregulated languages are vastly worse than regulated ones. English is an example of it when it comes to both grammar and spelling, where you can even have idiotic teachers spit out grammar books in the 50s claiming "no split infinitives" and some people say "of course, that's totally true!"
But English DOES have an academy, and it caused many of those problems because it was the source of many.
No it does not.
It does, the US founded one in the 1700s.
Are you talking about American Academy of Language and Belles Lettres? That hasn't been operational since the late 1700s.
No, Merriam Webster, as an example, produces current works from it.
That's a private company though.
It is now, but it's touted as being the authority on what is and isn't an actual word of the English language.
Eventually twerking may become a proper word in the English language if it makes it into that book.
The only official academy which has ever existed is the American Academy of Language and Belles Lettres which hasn't existed since the early 19th century. Any other claims are basically self-appointed, non-government sponsored entities which is something anyone can say. Merriam-Webster never held the position, they just think because they took over after Noah was dead that they have the same authority he had, and he really didn't have much of any because in his lifetime his dictionary wasn't very popular.
That's how America works, "unofficial", but still official, businesses. Same with medical. It's how the government keeps it looking like capitalism when actually being a highly planned economy.
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The point is unregulated languages are vastly worse than regulated ones. English is an example of it when it comes to both grammar and spelling, where you can even have idiotic teachers spit out grammar books in the 50s claiming "no split infinitives" and some people say "of course, that's totally true!"
But English DOES have an academy, and it caused many of those problems because it was the source of many.
No it does not.
It does, the US founded one in the 1700s.
Are you talking about American Academy of Language and Belles Lettres? That hasn't been operational since the late 1700s.
No, Merriam Webster, as an example, produces current works from it.
That's a private company though.
It is now, but it's touted as being the authority on what is and isn't an actual word of the English language.
Eventually twerking may become a proper word in the English language if it makes it into that book.
The only official academy which has ever existed is the American Academy of Language and Belles Lettres which hasn't existed since the early 19th century. Any other claims are basically self-appointed, non-government sponsored entities which is something anyone can say. Merriam-Webster never held the position, they just think because they took over after Noah was dead that they have the same authority he had, and he really didn't have much of any because in his lifetime his dictionary wasn't very popular.
That's how America works, "unofficial", but still official, businesses. Same with medical. It's how the government keeps it looking like capitalism when actually being a highly planned economy.
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@scottalanmiller said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
In all reality, as far as SMs go, G+ wasn't nearly as bad as FB or MySpace.
God is MySpace still around?
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In all reality, as far as SMs go, G+ wasn't nearly as bad as FB or MySpace.
God is MySpace still around?
last i heard jt had bought it to make it a more musical based forum. I think.
Also don't pretend like Tom wasn't your friend either.
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In all reality, as far as SMs go, G+ wasn't nearly as bad as FB or MySpace.
God is MySpace still around?
last i heard jt had bought it to make it a more musical based forum. I think.
Also don't pretend like Tom wasn't your friend either.
Justin Timberlake purchased myspace?
Is it going to include this:
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In all reality, as far as SMs go, G+ wasn't nearly as bad as FB or MySpace.
God is MySpace still around?
last i heard jt had bought it to make it a more musical based forum. I think.
Also don't pretend like Tom wasn't your friend either.
The only people I've seen in recent years that even use MySpace (almost typed MySQL which I did all the time back then) are people in crappy bands that also visit the profiles of other crappy bands and no lay people actually use it. I never used MySpace at all myself.
Actually that's not true, I signed up once to send a message to one of my long lost sisters to get her email address after my brother had found her on there. I didn't use it beyond that.
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In all reality, as far as SMs go, G+ wasn't nearly as bad as FB or MySpace.
God is MySpace still around?
last i heard jt had bought it to make it a more musical based forum. I think.
Also don't pretend like Tom wasn't your friend either.
The only people I've seen
in recent yearsthat even use MySpace (almost typed MySQL which I did all the time back then) are people in crappy bands that also visit the profiles of other crappy bands and no lay people actually use it. I never used MySpace at all myself.FTFY
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