It’s a debate that’s lighting up online forums all over Iberia. No, it’s not the referendum for Catalonian independence (although I guess that’s important, too). And no, it’s not
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Is spelling fascist?
Readers, I’m sick of this. This fascist spelling, propagated by (white, male, middle-class) dictionary editors. It’s bad enough that our public schools are teaching people “proper” English and
Linguistics Pro Tip #1: How to deal with extreme prescriptivists
If you spend long enough in a liberal arts environment or anywhere language is studied, you’ll certainly run into a few extreme prescriptivists. The basic prescriptivist mindset runs
Dear People Who Argue with Others on the Internet
Something I see very regularly on the internet is bothering me more and more. Two people get in some kind of argument. One of the parties commits an
