• lolcatnip@reddthat.com
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    1 year ago

    When one person uses a word with an unusual meaning, they’re just wrong. When a whole country does it it’s a difference of dialect. Are you gonna try to argue that American English is wrong?

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      1 year ago

      Yes, just because nazis called themselves “national socialists” didn’t actually make them socialists in any shape or form.

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        1 year ago

        Ditto for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK; aka North Korea). People often intentionally misuse words to obfuscate their true intentions, particularly those with an authoritarian or fascist slant.