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  • Dialect coach Meier understands the appeal of the idea that 17th-Century speech patterns have been perfectly preserved an ocean away. “It is a delightful and attractive myth that Shakespeare’s language got fossilised” in parts of the US.

    Not a great source honestly, was expecting more of a linguistic study rather than this. Even the article doesn’t entirely agree this is true.

    English is a living language that has continued to evolve within its country of origin. Is your point that because the American dialect hasn’t evolved as much suddenly makes it better somehow?

    Additionally, English is the most common language on the planet and there are many dialects, but no one outside of England can claim theirs is the “correct form of english” because it’s not their language.





  • Noite_Etion@lemmy.worldtoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldrollin' coal
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    2 months ago

    When our living conditions deteriorate gradually, we adapt to these conditions instead of fixing of them. But sudden threats get sorted out immediately.

    Coal has done far more damage than nuclear energy ever will, but coal has over 2300 stations worldwide and nuclear has 400.

    A perfect example of the ‘Boiling Frog Syndrome’.










  • Noite_Etion@lemmy.worldtomemes@lemmy.worldLittle shit
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    Reminds me of my time working in checkout.

    Checkout across from me was closed and a trolley put in the lane to block it off. While serving a woman with her kid, the little shit was fucking up my counter. He knocked over my water bottle and messed up my stacked pamphlets. I asked the woman to get him to stop and she told him off, but as she left the kid turned around and smacked my pamphlets again, laughed and as he went to run away he ran straight into the trolley across from me and clothes-lined himself on the handle HARD. I laughed my ass off right in the little shits face as he cried, his mother just grabbed him by the arm and walked off…

    Great times.