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1. Kye+(OP)[view] [source] 2023-11-18 14:49:34
This will blow your mind but English has endless dialects and minor variations. This is like complaining that someone calls soda pop or says y'all.
replies(3): >>macint+I7 >>orand+vg >>angora+hE
2. macint+I7[view] [source] 2023-11-18 15:39:53
>>Kye+(OP)
Englisc must ðêos hwierfan
replies(1): >>Kye+kg
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3. Kye+kg[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-11-18 16:28:11
>>macint+I7
My very rough attempt at translation: "Yes, English must change"

Am I close?

replies(1): >>macint+6S
4. orand+vg[view] [source] 2023-11-18 16:29:21
>>Kye+(OP)
Spoken like a true language hypergrowth apologist.
5. angora+hE[view] [source] 2023-11-18 18:26:46
>>Kye+(OP)
I’m aware, but this phrase seems to be more meaningless corporate-speak than regional dialect or variation. The only purpose of phrases like this is to make the speaker sound smart at the cost of obfuscating what they mean.
replies(2): >>Kye+LH >>jimmyd+sI
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6. Kye+LH[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-11-18 18:45:18
>>angora+hE
How is it obfuscated? The meaning is perfectly clear in context. You're stretching too much for this lift.
replies(1): >>angora+Dc1
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7. jimmyd+sI[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-11-18 18:49:38
>>angora+hE
Obfuscating? What's the purpose of using this fancy word? Why not just say "make hard to understand?"
replies(2): >>angora+fc1 >>fuzzte+Nc5
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8. macint+6S[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-11-18 19:46:56
>>Kye+kg
I tried for “English must not change” but sadly I never bought that Anglo-Saxon dictionary I lusted after in my favorite used bookstore 30 years ago.
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9. angora+fc1[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-11-18 21:42:11
>>jimmyd+sI
I’m not against using big words when they’re used according to their actual accepted meaning. But take my upvote regardless :)
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10. angora+Dc1[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-11-18 21:44:08
>>Kye+LH
> You’re stretching too much for this lift

I read/hear sentences like this all day at work and I’ve taken to just interpreting them literally. So I’ll have you know I’m neither exercising nor on an elevator right now.

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11. fuzzte+Nc5[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-11-20 00:14:40
>>jimmyd+sI
Obfuscating is an easy word to understand. Only 11 letters. You, sir, are phantasmagorical. (16)
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