“language is not black and white; it’s not right or wrong; it’s not good or bad…language is about communication and communication is about context.”
How we speak is one of the markers of our identity and our individual dialects are what keep the English language dynamic and evolving.
Instead of making moral judgments about how someone speaks, we should simply listen and appreciate the speaker’s unique dialect as part of his or her identity.
A TEDx talk by Kory Stamper, lexicographer and author.
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