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The only dictionary that is real is the Oxford dictionary from 1884. Any words added after that are not real words and should not be considered part of the English language.
And both of them are instantly debunked the moment you open up any actual textbook. It’s funny that both of these people use the “it’s in the dictionary” argument as well.
These people think that the dictionary is the source of all knowledge in the world rather than a limited database of words with sentence long definitions.
I like that they used AAVE, a generally accepted PC term that replaced “ebonics”, but they just slapped it at end anyway lol
I hate read r/badlinguistics sometimes and it’s 90% shit like this. Most people making these kinds of claims are some kind of reactionary using it as justification for their bigotry or nationalists that bend shit to feel superior for having been born somewhere.
“Changing language is bad and makes you a big dumb idiot, except for the changes i was brought up with those get a pass. And also everything descends from Tamil”
Love all the weirdos trying to prove every language descends from Sanskrit/Tamil/Hebrew/Korean/Latin/whatever.
