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This community has been very cool about spelling, grammar, and typos (hexbear.net)

submitted 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I still see blue checks in Twitter that need to reply with "*you're" kinda bullshit. I do reread some of my posts and I see them littered with mobile edits or just bullshit language that only made sense to my brain at 2am. Thanks everybody for being chill about language. I still (wrongly) imagine that I'm very good with writing, and seeing my own writing some time after it's been published is a nice kick of humility.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I wonder if correcting spelling is just becoming less common in general on the internet.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 hours ago

linguistically the internet has been revolutionary. Having so much access to so many different dialects, spellings, and unique vocabulary has totally destroyed the concept of a "standardised" language outside of academia. At least for English.

Supposedly French is being turned inside out with how the internet has been able to decentralise language development that was once a monopoly under the french language authorities.

Either way, the internet and social media has had the (imo good) effect of helping language develop through creating common meaning. it is one of the few areas of society that has totally shattered the neoliberal idea of history.