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DiapDealer · 10-30-2017, 11:06 AM

Language and logic doesn't mix. Never has. Why bring it up at all? Slang, argot, jargon ... none of these things are confined by (or expected to be) logical. To pick out one illogical use of a word as troublesome while looking the other way on thousands of others makes no sense. I get "pet peeves"; I really do. But expecting language usage to adhere to logic is quite pointless.

10-30-2017, 11:06 AM	#88
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,762 Karma: 206758686 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	Language and logic doesn't mix. Never has. Why bring it up at all? Slang, argot, jargon ... none of these things are confined by (or expected to be) logical. To pick out one illogical use of a word as troublesome while looking the other way on thousands of others makes no sense. I get "pet peeves"; I really do. But expecting language usage to adhere to logic is quite pointless. Last edited by DiapDealer; 10-30-2017 at 11:12 AM.