Stern@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 1 year agoScrabble’s New Official Word List Contains Dozens of Stunning Additions. Elite Players Are Mortified.slate.comexternal-linkmessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up1139arrow-down16
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minus-squaremerc@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down3·1 year agoModern dictionaries are descriptive not prescriptive. They don’t tell you how things should be spelled, or what meaning they should have. Instead, they report how things are spelled and what people think they mean in the real world.
Modern dictionaries are descriptive not prescriptive. They don’t tell you how things should be spelled, or what meaning they should have. Instead, they report how things are spelled and what people think they mean in the real world.