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Heresy and the Modern Language
Every year, dictionary arbiters must consider whether to hire personal bodyguards.
“Oh, my God! Did you see that Merriam-Webster has added ‘irregardless’ to the dictionary?”
I guess all the online spell-checkers will have to scramble to remove the red squiggles, now. If you thought the grammarians of the world were annoyed, wait till you see the programmers and webmasters revolt!
Add this to the list of inflammatory statements one might toss into a cocktail party full of grammarians and writers. “Professor Molotov, what word, recently added to the modern compendium of words known as a ‘dictionary’ would you consider to be the most egregious example of linguistic overreach?”
Language evolves, my Dinosaurs. Language evolves. And anyone who has tried to read the original text of Beowulf ought to be PRETTY FUCKING GLAD of it.
How many here understand the finer difference between “flammable” and “inflammable” and use them properly? Or do we just avoid smoking around or crashing…
