New Yorker article: Inescapably, you're judged by your language by Julia Pound https://padlet.com/jujupopo/h1zhid66p3kr62u7 Read the article and write a comment or a question here (Include your name) en-us 2021-08-15 20:03:38 UTC 2025-10-22 23:35:15 UTC hello@padlet.com jp jujupopo https://padlet.com/jujupopo/h1zhid66p3kr62u7/wish/1679584320 Will there be a day where we stop worrying about 'incorrect' English and the 'right way' to say things, and just accept linguistic diversity in all its forms?]]> 2021-08-15 20:06:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jujupopo/h1zhid66p3kr62u7/wish/1679584320 Daniel Fluxman https://padlet.com/jujupopo/h1zhid66p3kr62u7/wish/1679805817 Is there such a thing as social dialects?]]> 2021-08-16 02:40:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jujupopo/h1zhid66p3kr62u7/wish/1679805817 maani https://padlet.com/jujupopo/h1zhid66p3kr62u7/wish/1679806586 Funny that descriptivists use perscriptive english when writing books, speaches and articles. ]]> 2021-08-16 02:41:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jujupopo/h1zhid66p3kr62u7/wish/1679806586 Caitlin https://padlet.com/jujupopo/h1zhid66p3kr62u7/wish/1679808688 It's interesting how descriptivist talk about how people should be able to speak and write however they like, however when making a speech or in their writing, descriptivist use perfect English. making it more of a do as I say and not as I do situation.]]> 2021-08-16 02:43:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jujupopo/h1zhid66p3kr62u7/wish/1679808688 Nat https://padlet.com/jujupopo/h1zhid66p3kr62u7/wish/1679809313 It's weird that a lot of the time we don't notice the biases we have in what we say based on how we say things. 
Also people are massive hypocrites for using prescriptivist language to praise the use of descriptivism.]]> 2021-08-16 02:43:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jujupopo/h1zhid66p3kr62u7/wish/1679809313 Leila new00051 https://padlet.com/jujupopo/h1zhid66p3kr62u7/wish/1679812931 It's interesting in the way in which descriptivists contradict themselves.]]> 2021-08-16 02:47:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jujupopo/h1zhid66p3kr62u7/wish/1679812931 I dont think that its outrageous that descriptivists use prescriptivism to describe language use, because if they didnt, no-one would take their assessment seriously. That calls into question people's priorities when it comes to informative writing; do you really care about the knowledge if the way it is written isn't to your liking? https://padlet.com/jujupopo/h1zhid66p3kr62u7/wish/1679813555 danoo 

YES I DID IT UPSIDE DOWN
WHAT? I CANT BE QUIRKY ANYMORE?
Look, I'm not supposed to give my opinion, but by calling out that I did it upside down, you clearly didnt read what I wrote. 


]]> 2021-08-16 02:47:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jujupopo/h1zhid66p3kr62u7/wish/1679813555 Dahlia https://padlet.com/jujupopo/h1zhid66p3kr62u7/wish/1679814274 descriptivists, who often talk about how we should accept each other no matter how they use language, use prescriptivist language in their writing because it makes them seam more elite.]]> 2021-08-16 02:48:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jujupopo/h1zhid66p3kr62u7/wish/1679814274