@JoeCalFuckingZaghe
If we were in a more weighty arena, I might trouble to tell you how bloody offensive it is that in any discussion of linguistics, cultural linguistic changes that have absolutely nothing to do with dyslexia or any other learning disability or communication impairment get fobbed off on us
Tell me then. Tell me, since you know absolute bot all about my education level and grasp of linguistics. Go ahead.
I feel you've rather missed the point. I don't care about your grasp of linguistics or education level.
I am annoyed about you using other people's disabilities to play top trumps about how understanding you are when you know absolutely 'bot all' about my education level, grasp of linguistics or disability. (I have never spent a day in 'mainstream' school between 5 and 16, for crying out loud.)
Let's recap.
Language is becoming more fluid as the world gets smaller, regional idioms and dialects become more prevalent and widespread and things get muddy and mixed.
Here you make a point about regionalisms becoming more widespread due to social media and internet. It was valuable and interesting.
I've also found being with a dyslexic DP and working with children excluded from mainstream education who have little grasp of language has made me more aware of language as a whole and how elitist it can be.
Right. So what's your point here? I'm reading it as 'you're elitist to comment on she has went and you should be more understanding of people with dyslexia and children with communication issues. If you did you wouldn't make this thread, you snob.'
Er. Right. I have the same relationship to dyslexia as you claim to (and he hates having it used as a disability card to excuse other people's errors in the way you did) and I was a child with communication issues, both spoken (couldn't even pronounce my own name until 10 years old) and written due to a neurological disability that impairs communication. I became 'very aware of language' as you put it, as a result, and then very interested in it. It's fair to speculate that I had and continue to have (they're still there) fewer struggles than the children you may visit, but I think we can safely say I am aware of elitism around language.
The children you work with are not a tool for you to signal your moral superiority with, and nor is your partner. In short, I find your post distasteful.
As long as the point gets across that is enough in normal, everyday situations.
This is something to post when someone has critiqued grammar in response to a cry for support. Posting it on a thread about grammar in general is just an attempt to shut the discussion down by making people feel guilty.
Pedants Corner might be your home though.
Having valorised yourself for being with a dyslexic DP and worked with children excluded from mainstream, you conclude with a little snide remark implying that I can't attain such lofty heights of understanding as you.