The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 4 days agoA quick Chinese lessonlemmy.imagisphe.reimagemessage-square147linkfedilinkarrow-up1932arrow-down17
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minus-squareGlytch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·4 days agoSure it is. I understood what you just said, therefore you successfully used the language. That is how English (and languages in general) works.
minus-squareFolstar@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoNow look ahead two steps and see how absurd that works out in practice. It’s not even a hypothetical, we’ve seen this time and time again throughout history. The internet doesn’t need dialect chains.
minus-squareGlytch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·4 days agoYes, Language is a form of Communication and you and I have a Difference of opinion.¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Sure it is. I understood what you just said, therefore you successfully used the language. That is how English (and languages in general) works.
Now look ahead two steps and see how absurd that works out in practice. It’s not even a hypothetical, we’ve seen this time and time again throughout history. The internet doesn’t need dialect chains.
Communication
Language
Difference
Yes, Language is a form of Communication and you and I have a Difference of opinion.¯\_(ツ)_/¯