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I am begging academics to use normal words (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml to c/history@hexbear.net

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Oppobrium? Latifundium? Bellicose? Effete? Really? What the fuck is wrong with these people. These words are like paragraphs apart

Edit: just read the term "professional-cum-technocratic ethos" this shit is not normal and the author should be ashamed

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[–] Terrarium@hexbear.net 4 points 2 weeks ago

In English you could just write "Self" and be fine. The urge to Latinize comes from a tradition of academics trying to make something even more academic and, historically, required the "standard" education of learning Latin (and some Greek) at substantial expense of your parents. Snooty people for hundreds of years would not consider you educated (read: part of their in-group) unless you could come up with a new university motto.

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