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i exist in this weird space bwn having grown up insecure about my english so getting irked when anglos misspell things, and believing p firmly that policing grammar is classist, that all dialects are valid and beautiful and that language by its very nature is constantly evolving
i& #39;m trying to unlearn #1 and there& #39;s a lot going on there that i could write pages about. and by policing grammar i hope u know what im talking about. like blowhards condescendingly invalidating ppl& #39;s points on here if they write how they speak, not to mention europeans
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i knew someone who grew up in the west island speaking english then spent a few weeks in paris and came back telling ME (francophone dad, went to school in french) "ppl in quebec hate me because i speak REAL french" my blood still fucking boils thinking about that shit https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="đ" title="Unamused face" aria-label="Emoji: Unamused face">
i got a lotta baggage about that stuff that& #39;s hard to explain. the ppl i grew up with used to make fun of me and my brother& #39;s names. i modify my legal name for my writing for many reasons, not just trying to make it pronounceable in english but also daddy issues and other shit
anyway this is a rant about nothing but fyi if u see me writing "incorrectly" i promise u it& #39;s an aesthetic choice. whether it& #39;s working for u or not is your business but i know how to write i just got sick of being so hard on myself about language and wanted to break free
but this is the whole "langue vs. parole" thing in linguistics yeah? the language conventions vs. the individual& #39;s use of it. that shit is so beautiful to me. i get so pissed when i see pretentious fucks on here. i really get worked up about it lol
(when i get paid to translate i don& #39;t get experimental like that tho obvi lmao so don& #39;t be slandering me about that either)
i already want to delete this thread because i& #39;ve been getting more and more dude followers of the "um actually" variety of late and ive said it before and i& #39;ll say it again I DIDNT COME HERE TO LEARN MY ABCs I CAME HERE TO TALK SHIT AND BE RIGHT
...by which i mean, talk about my personal experience not muse about generalities lol
