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Old 08-21-2005, 07:01 PM   #11
Perry Winkle
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Join Date: Feb 2005
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Originally Posted by OnyxCougar
Contrary to popular belief, our societies aren't changing for the better (languages, culturally, etc).
Who's to say that these things, particularly language, were better in previous years?

Language is language and is only good or bad if you're under the influence of prescriptivist grammarians.

Not sure who this is attributable to, "Languages are dialects with an Army and a Navy". I really like that.
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