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“Language is not a monolith, nor can it be, nor should it be, given the complexity of culture and the fact that language is the fabric of culture. Some of us are more eloquent than others, and all of us have moments of greater or lesser eloquence. However, that range of eloquence is found in every language, every dialect, and every variety of speech.”
— Jun 06, 2023 08:21AM
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Dima
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“Of course, hate speech that is likely to incite imminent criminal acts is itself criminal and cannot be tolerated. However, that’s quite different from hate speech that is a simple statement of opinion.
Yiiiiiikes
— Jun 07, 2023 12:42PM
Yiiiiiikes
Dima
is on page 194 of 256
Wouldn’t be an early 2000s book without the usage of slurs oh my god
— Jun 07, 2023 12:33PM
Dima
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“”…the way one pronounced a word in standard Italian and the way one spells that word is much closer to a one-to one relationship than it is in English. The concept of a spelling bee in Italy would be ridiculous.”
LOL
— Jun 07, 2023 06:26AM
LOL
Dima
is on page 136 of 256
“Indeed, language discrimination is tolerated by people who would never tolerate discriminatory remarks based on race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, or many other characteristics.”
— Jun 06, 2023 08:26AM
Dima
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I said I would finish this a week ago, picked it up, and immediately fell asleep oops
— Jun 06, 2023 07:43AM
Dima
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“…now more than fifty years after Turing made his claim we still have not come up with a program that allows a computer to participate like a human in a conversation.”
Considering this was written in 2008 and released in 2010, insane that it took 13+ years to defy the statement above
— May 20, 2023 11:36PM
Considering this was written in 2008 and released in 2010, insane that it took 13+ years to defy the statement above
