• merc@sh.itjust.works
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    10 hours ago

    It’s a word like “cuisine” that doesn’t just come from French, it’s literally a French word and properly still pronounced the French way, so silent “r” and silent “e” on the end.

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      9 hours ago

      Yeah I’d agree with that, but unfortunately most people aren’t linguistic purists, so absolute prescription doesn’t really work.

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          3 hours ago

          You can try, but even if you have a majority of people using the correct version, still the other one can proliferate.

          Kinda how people still say “could of” instead of “could have” even when there’s always someone noting the mistake.

          Unfortunately languages go where they want. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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            3 hours ago

            That’s when we deploy vicious mockery and downvotes. Languages may try to go where they want, but that doesn’t mean that I can’t yank on the steering wheel.