There's so much that we just accept, but the reasons behind how certain rules came to be are so fascinating and funny, it just increases your affection for language.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Although many texters enjoy breaking linguistic rules, they also know they need to be understood.
I like rules that are broken.
I've always wanted to find the rules that govern everything. It's amazing that such rules exist. It's even more amazing that we can find them.
We have to be careful about creating more rules.
Rules are made for people who aren't willing to make up their own.
I was worried people would laugh at me when I started to talk the language, but they were just pleasantly surprised that I could. The sense of humour here is great - once I could have a giggle, I settled down.
There is the fear, common to all English-only speakers, that the chief purpose of foreign languages is to make fun of us. Otherwise, you know, why not just come out and say it?
I love language because when it succeeds, for me, it doesn't just tell me something. It enacts something. It creates something. And it goes both ways. Sometimes it's violent. Sometimes it hurts you. And sometimes it saves you.
I am not much about rules, I like to break 'em and don't like to make 'em.
People like rules, or at least the appearance of rules, even in fantasy.
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