Subjective, for sure. And also alive. We speak of "dead" languages, by which we mean that they are no longer in use, but also that they have stopped evolving. They are fixed at a point in time, and no further words or phrases will be added. I often feel ambivalent about particularly twee new jargon, but I'd rather speak a language that grows than one that is stagnant. Nice post.
Subjective, for sure. And also alive. We speak of "dead" languages, by which we mean that they are no longer in use, but also that they have stopped evolving. They are fixed at a point in time, and no further words or phrases will be added. I often feel ambivalent about particularly twee new jargon, but I'd rather speak a language that grows than one that is stagnant. Nice post.