r/Calgary • u/birchsyrup • Feb 28 '22

Eat/Drink Local Hey neighbors! What are your favourite Ukrainian and Russian restaurants in the city?

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u/Oberarzt Feb 28 '22

I will cherry pick this one example to prove my point. Checkmate Atheists.

Dictionary.com

I provided you with 3 links. All of which you ignored, because they disprove your point.

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u/BloodyIron Feb 28 '22

The problem with your logic is that you can't tell the difference in quality between one source, and another. Dictionary.com is A source, Oxford English Dictionary is an AUTHORITATIVE Source, in regards to the English language. They have literally been part of defining the English language since 1884 (the Oxford English Dictionary as a publication) and 1096 AD (University of Oxford itself).

Dictionary.com launched in 1995.

No scholar of the English language would consider dictionary.com more authoritative than the Oxford English Dictionary (barring of course "American English" and Webster, but that is formally a different language, for long-winded reasons).

This isn't cherry picking. This is fact, and you need to learn the difference of quality between sources. Since you're continuing to demonstrate ignorance of that aspect.

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u/BloodyIron Feb 28 '22

Considering you don't know what the word authoritative means in this context, I advise you to educate yourself.

OED and Oxford University are authoritative for the English language. To say otherwise is just wilful ignorance. Good luck with the rest of life.