a sort. you can intend people to use a word you made up or pronounce it a certain way, but how it’s used or pronounced is how it’s going to be in the language regardless of its creator’s intent.
Language is not completely a democratic process. A 30:70 split on pronunciation doesn’t indicate that one version is going to fade into oblivion.
Pronunciation can evolve but so can definition. The word “literally” no longer means what it used to mean in common vernacular. Not everyone should be expected to accept these majority trends though. Many of us still want “literally” to preserve its original definition for example.
The letter ‘s’ was added to “Island” as a stylistic choice in order to make a word that has no Latin root appear more Latin. Do you go around telling people “the intended spelling is eyland”?
I dunno about that, but seems like a lot of people aren’t aware of the intended pronunciation.
https://edition.cnn.com/2013/05/22/tech/web/pronounce-gif
and the beautiful thing is, language does not work that way.
I’m not sure what you mean. Are you some sort of cunning linguist?
a sort. you can intend people to use a word you made up or pronounce it a certain way, but how it’s used or pronounced is how it’s going to be in the language regardless of its creator’s intent.
Language is not completely a democratic process. A 30:70 split on pronunciation doesn’t indicate that one version is going to fade into oblivion. Pronunciation can evolve but so can definition. The word “literally” no longer means what it used to mean in common vernacular. Not everyone should be expected to accept these majority trends though. Many of us still want “literally” to preserve its original definition for example.
“Old man yells at language changing over time.”
Edit: Sorry, I mean: “Eald mann hlýhst æt spræce wandlunge ofer tíde.”
The letter ‘s’ was added to “Island” as a stylistic choice in order to make a word that has no Latin root appear more Latin. Do you go around telling people “the intended spelling is eyland”?