The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 7 days agoA quick Chinese lessonlemmy.worldimagemessage-square147fedilinkarrow-up1934arrow-down17
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minus-squareGlytch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·7 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-squareGlytch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·7 days agoYes, Language is a form of Communication and you and I have a Difference of opinion.¯\_(ツ)_/¯
minus-squareFolstar@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 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.
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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.
Communication
Language
Difference
Yes, Language is a form of Communication and you and I have a Difference of opinion.¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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.