Nemeski@piefed.social to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 days agoPlayStation founder Ken Kutaragi says discs became "metaphor for 'owning' games", and that upset at their discontinuation is a "mentality issue"www.eurogamer.netexternal-linkmessage-square143linkfedilinkarrow-up1258arrow-down18
arrow-up1250arrow-down1external-linkPlayStation founder Ken Kutaragi says discs became "metaphor for 'owning' games", and that upset at their discontinuation is a "mentality issue"www.eurogamer.netNemeski@piefed.social to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square143linkfedilink
minus-squarej5y7@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·4 days agoHere’s a few relatively modern examples to illustrate my point: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irregardless https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nimrod https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/random It doesn’t matter if you agree with it, it comes down to common usage. Here’s a nice list and explanation of how English is a living language: https://wordopedia.org/words-that-changed-meaning But go ahead and down vote me over dictionary squabbles. I’ll just call you a fool* for arguing. *(one with a marked propensity or fondness for something)
minus-squareDelilah@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·3 days agoPeople are discussing if it’s in common usage.
minus-squarej5y7@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoIt’s common enough that it turned up on Lemmy.
Here’s a few relatively modern examples to illustrate my point:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irregardless
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nimrod
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/random
It doesn’t matter if you agree with it, it comes down to common usage.
Here’s a nice list and explanation of how English is a living language:
https://wordopedia.org/words-that-changed-meaning
But go ahead and down vote me over dictionary squabbles. I’ll just call you a fool* for arguing.
*(one with a marked propensity or fondness for something)
People are discussing if it’s in common usage.
It’s common enough that it turned up on Lemmy.