People  find it easy to call me a “Grammar Nazi” and have often done so in the  past as well. I take wholehearted offence when it comes to the term.  Especially because we use the word “Nazi” too easily. Lightly. Loosely.  Without respecting what it once stood for and, unfortunately, the very  real danger it still represents.

In  deriding grammar “enthusiasts” with a term you don’t fully respect, and  in trying to wrest a small victory over language lovers, merely because  you can’t be bothered to admit you don’t care much about the language  you are lucky to communicate in, you’re conveniently forgetting a very  dark and very loaded history.

It’s  the same problem I have with the use of words like “libtards”, “bhakts”  and similarly dismissive or accusatory terms on Twitter and other  social media. And no, my critique is not religious, political or even  sociological, it’s purely linguistic. Tune in for more, and do share your thoughts :)

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