points by octoberfranklin 4 days ago | 0 comments
Is anybody else annoyed by made-up words like "decisioning" and "proofing"?
You can't slap "ing" on a noun. It's for verbs. Stop nouning.
[–] marcus_holmes 4 days ago
[–] octoberfranklin 3 days ago
That's the mindset that led to Ebonics.
How'd that work out?
[–] marcus_holmes 3 days ago
I'd never heard of it before. So I read the Wikipedia page on it.
From that, I think the main problem is defining AAE (or Ebonics which appears to be a synonym) as a different language. AAE is probably more understandable to the average English speaker than the dialect of NE England [0].
So, to answer your question: I think that the term Ebonics didn't really work out, but otherwise it's going OK. There are multiple different dialects of English, of which AAE (Ebonics) is one, and they all use different words, not all of those words are in the dictionary or used in the manner that the OP is talking about, and they are all English.
How do you think it worked out?
[–] octoberfranklin 2 days ago
Ebonics is not a "dialect" of English.
[–] mh- 4 days ago
yes, but don't blame OP for it. this is effectively a term of art in their field.
[–] octoberfranklin 4 days ago
I blame OP for perpetuating it. And for extending it (to HN) outside their field.
Would it be better if they invented a completely new word, with no clue as to what it means, rather than adapt an existing language structure to their purpose, which everyone understands immediately (even if they get grumpy at it)?