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“Standard” language and “correct” spelling are collective agreements, not eternal truths, and collective agreements can change.
Gretchen McCulloch • Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language
“Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides." — Rita Mae Brown
If you’re bilingual or ever had to “code switch” based on your social context, you know Rita is right. This isn't just about swapping words; it's about inhabiting a completely different reality. This phenomenon, which linguists call the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis or "
readwise.io • Value Creation Is Art, Not War- Why Leaders Should Rethink Their Business Metaphors to Increase Upside
language is both endlessly regenerative and curiously circular.
Susie Dent • Dent's Modern Tribes: The Secret Languages of Britain
Languages change and evolve organically. But it is perhaps paradoxically necessarily that languages must remain mostly unchanging — mostly common between their speakers — such that change can be recognized and contextualized, rather than simply disorienting.
Sacha Meyers • Bitcoin Is Venice: Essays on the Past and Future of Capitalism
ed yong • What Counts as Seeing
Languages change and evolve organically. But it is perhaps paradoxically necessarily that languages must remain mostly unchanging — mostly common between their speakers — such that change can be recognized and contextualized, rather than simply disorienting.
Sacha Meyers • Bitcoin Is Venice: Essays on the Past and Future of Capitalism
“Language doesn’t just make things—it assembles, cobbles together, entire worlds and all the relations within.”
Language makes it possible for us to navigate places and relationships; to express needs and requirements; t... See more