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    1. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 26 Jul 2021

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Dan Holley

      6/ normative - adj 1: of, relating to, or determining norms or standards normative tests 2: conforming to or based on norms normative behavior normative judgments 3: prescribing (see PRESCRIBE sense 1) norms normative rules of ethics normative grammarhttps://twitter.com/wx_underground/status/1419734303513071644 …

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      Dan Holley @wx_underground
      Replying to @wx_underground @MorlockP
      Normative absolutely does not define the norm, which is where I think the disconnect is. Picking your nose is absolutely the norm; 100% of us do it, multiple times, every day. But we're pretty cagy about how and when we do it because it's extremely non-normative.
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    2. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 26 Jul 2021

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Dan Holley

      7/ I am quoting the dictionary at you, and you are ignoring that and ... giving me your own definitions that contradict the dictionary. I don't know why you're doing this. I can go downstairs and quote the OED if you'd prefer?https://twitter.com/wx_underground/status/1419734555041288217 …

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      Dan Holley @wx_underground
      Replying to @MorlockP
      The clarification is in my tweets. It's a tricky trio of terms, to be sure, but the examples I've provided underscore their differences.
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    3. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 26 Jul 2021

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Dan Holley

      8/ "If you're [ doing a thing that you're not doing ] you're incorrect" that may very well be truehttps://twitter.com/wx_underground/status/1419735071293001738 …

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      Dan Holley @wx_underground
      Replying to @MorlockP
      You're plainly incorrect if you're arguing that picking your nose is normative. You can easily test this on your own on your next conference call.
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    4. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 26 Jul 2021

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Dan Holley

      9/ Sure, language is always changing. That does not, however, mean that you were correct when you said that I was incorrect. You were wrong. I've presented evidence to support my usage, you have not presented evidence to support yours.https://twitter.com/wx_underground/status/1419735452366491650 …

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      Dan Holley @wx_underground
      Replying to @MorlockP
      5 Precepts of the English Language (1952): Language is always changing Change is normal The spoken language is the language Correctness rests upon usage All usage is relative The way that you're using the terms, in this specific, usage-relevant case, is wrong.
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    7. Squid Ravioli in a Lemongrass Broth‏ @novummed 26 Jul 2021
      Replying to @NoLongerBennett @MorlockP

      https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/-al  This is what happens when people learn English in a school and not intuitively by the age of 3.

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    9. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 26 Jul 2021
      Replying to @NoLongerBennett @novummed

      My suggestion is that "norm" has a connotation (not a crisp definition, mind) of "descended from authority" (even that of the crowd), while "normal" has a connotation of "emergent". Men being 5'10" is normal. Washing your hands is a norm. The sign saying "wash hands" = normative

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      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 26 Jul 2021
      Replying to @NoLongerBennett @novummed

      I assume the latter, but I'd want to check the dictionary before having an Opinion

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        2. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 26 Jul 2021
          Replying to @NoLongerBennett @novummed

          yeah, this is one pattern I see a lot in debates about definitions: when there are MULTIPLE valid definitions, and person A is sure that the word X means definition Y (and is correct!) and then lectures person B not to use it to mean definition Z (...which it also means)

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