Words you hate and why

[benguino]

Originally Posted by Izzy

There are predefined definitions and pronunciations for words. If you say it a different way or with a different meaning implied then it is wrong.

Not trying to argue against anything anyone said. Just pointing that out.

I'd like to argue with this. First of all, words aren't just "predefined", it's not like the words we have now already had their definitions set from before the existence of mankind. We as a society shape our own language, including the definitions of the words included in that language, thereby allowing definitions, as well as the connotations and associations of many words to change over time. Even having correct pronunciation is has it's own subjectivity considering we try to pretend that there are only 5 vowels, while in actuality, the pronunciation from one vowel to a another is continuous and not discrete. I could argue some more, but I think I'm done here.