ackshually moving away from possessive language weakens the sacred bond between master and pupil and renders a ritual timeworn relationship archetype sterile and bureaucratichttps://twitter.com/BMatB/status/1207554144174854144 …
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im 100% unironic
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you think Plato wouldve stood for this shit
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God I'm still mad about this shit "We need to move away from possessive language in the family. My son/daughter --> a juvenile in a domestic unit I participate in My wife --> a female member of the polycule I attend" YA DID IT YOU DONT OWN ANYTHING HAPPY NOW
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Bryn Hauk, PhD @brynguist
that would not change the fact that this word class (splorks such as "my" and "your") has many uses, which varies from language to language, but generally speaking these splorks are used for a relationship *of some kind*. Possession is NOT the only kind of relationship!
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