Memetic consensus (as over the meaning of words, or proper names for places/people) is wilder and more intricate than formal consensus
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Nobody voted on what things are called - people who needed to refer to them just gave them nicknames until one stuck
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One of the most antipathetic types of person is the one who insists that there are "correct" and "incorrect" usages in cases like this, or in anything to do with pronunciation. Actually the use of "in/correct" in place of any of the alternatives is usually a giveaway sign itself.
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I’m a descriptivist at this level too - it’s normal and natural and plainly the case that people are prescriptivists
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I call it the Naughties because it’s got everything: - consonance with every decade from 2-9 - Brits understand it - Americans don’t - sly, playful, slightly lewd play on words
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what’s also interesting is everyone knows we’re in the Teens but no one ever talks about it back in the 90s, not anday went by that I didn’t hear or read ‘the 90s’. Who ever says “that’s just how it is in the Teens”?
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yes this explains why the world isn’t called worldy mcworldface
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nuh uh it's "the 2000s"
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