English but not in a Brexit way.

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Cake day: December 11th, 2023

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  • Like all reasonable people interested in linguistics, I'm a descriptivist. However, something about the idea of language being adapted to cater to an algorithm turns my stomach.

    I know it's hypocritical. The Attention Economy shouldn't be any less valid a linguistic influence than the Norman Conquests, just because they occurred a millennium ago.

    I genuinely think we're lucky in Britain that the soft power we have (for the time being) has prevented our culture being entirely supplanted by the United States.