geophysicist 4 days ago • 87%
All it means is that the left's vote gets split and conservatives get back into power
geophysicist 2 weeks ago • 100%
Hi
geophysicist 2 weeks ago • 100%
D2lang is good
geophysicist 2 weeks ago • 100%
I would argue there is a distinction between the prestige markers you're talking about and the more general grammatical rules that are followed. You can use grammatically correct English without subscribing to the over complexity that is, yes, possible.
A dialect can work locally, but there is a reason why many who have travelled abroad find themselves deliberately softening their dialect and shifting closer to proper English /queen's English / whatever we're calling it. It's because their dialect is hard to understand for people who are not used to it. My girlfriend always comments how my dialect comes out of the woodwork when I'm back home with family.
Saying "I be lit" or "gimme a pint guvna" just will not be understood outside of the area or cultural group that it is spoken in. Therefore for business and/or travel you need a more standard form of English that everyone can understand. That's not some overly complex cultural dance we play to keep the powerful powerful, that's just basic requirements of communication.
geophysicist 3 weeks ago • 66%
How would you do that though? The whole point is the signal is coming from a satellite
geophysicist 3 weeks ago • 62%
For climbing, those are called "punters"
geophysicist 3 weeks ago • 100%
You do understand that English has grammatical rules, right? That's not up for debate. It's not controversial to say that standard English would be following the standard spellings and grammatical rules for the language. If you genuinely don't know what those are, then please buy a dictionary or hire an English teacher. You could also look up what the rules are for the English language exam required to become a citizen. These are taught in schools around the world. About the extent that the rules vary is if you are learning American English or British English. Each of those two has the backing of a nation state
geophysicist 3 weeks ago • 80%
Really good reply, thanks for the effort you put in. Its good to see they did compare with other dialects. It's interesting that the same bias was not seen.
I would still disagree with the statement that AAE could be considered equally proper to textbook, grammatically correct according to the Oxford English dictionary (or the American equivalent). A dialect by definition is an adaptation of the language from the standard 'proper' grammatical rules.
geophysicist 3 weeks ago • 33%
Of course there is a proper english. As defined by standard grammatical rules of the English language. A dialect is a variation upon that. I am not saying "black people don't speak proper English". There are plenty of black people who speak proper English, the same as there are plenty of white people who speak proper English and plenty of white people who speak dialects. I am saying that any and all dialects are not formal English, by definition of what the grammatical rules of the language are
geophysicist 3 weeks ago • 71%
This seems to be based on a racist assumption. Why is speaking improper English labelled as "African American english"?. I would want to see the LLM assumptions also for southern drawl and for general incorrectly spelled / grammared speech, to compare to the assumptions made for the African American english version.
Speaking with slang / incorrect grammar is of course, in general, inversely correlated with education level and/or preference for shorthand forms of speech over writing/speaking the full grammatically correct form. The LLM is saying speaking in slang = stupid/lazy.
The researcher is labelling slang as specifically African American speak, therefore interpreting the LLM response as assuming African Americans are stupid/lazy.
geophysicist 3 weeks ago • 100%
The companies should be paying for the cleanup, they can then appeal against the cleanup cost if they can prove it was not them. Had enough of this bullshit. Guilty until proven innocent for environmental damage
geophysicist 3 weeks ago • 100%
Best comment I've seen so far on Lemmy. Great info
geophysicist 3 weeks ago • 100%
Why is the canal and river trust needing to fundraise to clean up a company's mess?
geophysicist 3 weeks ago • 83%
What a novel idea, that definitely no-one has tried before
geophysicist 4 weeks ago • 100%
Why fix what isn't broken
geophysicist 4 weeks ago • 27%
That's simply not true, like at all. Classic American
geophysicist 1 month ago • 50%
You're all assuming the USA, even though the original commenter said euros. That is an important distinction
In the Netherlands, kids cycle to school which is free, medical costs are zero for everyone under 18, and it's common for kids to have bunk beds until secondary school. But I do agree on some of the costs, like food which is very expensive here.
geophysicist 1 month ago • 25%
You've rounded up from 40k to 200k to account for food and clothing. I don't see how 160k is spent on food and clothing? That's ~8800/year on average, or 740/month
This is why I'm doubtful of the statistics, it just doesn't add up when you try to nail it down. We recently got a child, and we've splurged on some things, but plenty we've been given by friends, neighbours, family or just found second hand for cheap. That obviously changed when they get older but I don't see 740/month by any stretch
geophysicist 1 month ago • 23%
No way in hell does it cost 250k per child, are you saying that your country doesn't have poor people with kids? These figures are normally wildly exaggerated and assume everything must be bought new, there are no grandparents to help out, and a host of other costs
geophysicist 1 month ago • 100%
Great for diver tourism or great for disaster tourism of people watching the divers blow themselves up?
geophysicist 1 month ago • 85%
Huge magnet, where's my money
geophysicist 1 month ago • 100%
Wow, with this impressive growth we will be recovered by only 2300!
geophysicist 1 month ago • 95%
This is one of those ideas that's just constantly claimed and constantly rebuked as unrealistic and not feasible
geophysicist 1 month ago • 92%
It's gone so far beyond retribution for that attack
geophysicist 1 month ago • 100%
Or the quantities of toppings vary?
geophysicist 2 months ago • 100%
For others who can't figure it out, like myself for too long: "knee grow" when spoken is "negro"
geophysicist 2 months ago • 50%
Literally never heard of this website. Definitely not a mainstream source. Mainstream source are reporting the deep issues that the Russian economy are facing
geophysicist 2 months ago • 44%
geophysicist 2 months ago • 100%
What kind of shit world view is that
geophysicist 2 months ago • 66%
Yeah honing the craft of which key words to use
geophysicist 2 months ago • 100%
Do it for them
geophysicist 2 months ago • 50%
Article frames helping Ukraine defend itself as a bad thing, only a Russian puppet news rag would claim that
geophysicist 2 months ago • 40%
You completely ignored the point of the person you're replying to
geophysicist 2 months ago • 100%
Musk claims
That's all you need to know
geophysicist 2 months ago • 100%
What? This must be of news, there was an announcement a few hours ago that the new government has met with the water companies to reject the price increase
geophysicist 2 months ago • 94%
Yeah but that isn't because of the LCD touchscreen console and software locked seat heating
geophysicist 2 months ago • 100%
Take my money
geophysicist 3 months ago • 100%
None anymore at least
geophysicist 3 months ago • 100%
Or a box of donuts to a charity of their choosing, to combine the best answers here
geophysicist 3 months ago • 53%
Nice try Russia
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