
Why Language is Always Changing with Valerie Fridland
Factually! with Adam Conover
Introduction
Language isn't a set of objective rules like math. No language is created, changed and used by people. That means it will always resist our attempts to control it. There was actually a funny example of this the other year in the UK. A London primary school made a bold attempt to ban slang. And by bold, I mean pointless and stupid.
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