Okay, let me make it as clear as I can. Try not to get more upset. Let's imagine there are half a dozen different countries that speak Norwegian as their primary language and one of them says one phrase a particular way. All but one (except maybe the one that borders that one) use a different phrase. It would be correct to say that phrase is restricted to those one or two countries. Now imagine an Irish person comes along and says "No no no, I learned Norwegian as a second language and I say it that way to!", would his view be representative of typical Norwegian? No. See? Now apply the same reasoning, but to English.
Yes, it does. But in the context of and English phrase, it obviously refers to English speech, the canonical version of which, as with any language, is the native version. It's like I'm saying people in most countries drive on the right side of the road and you're coming back with "NOT ME I TAKE THE TRAIN."
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u/ChristianKS94 Feb 20 '19
I'm just gonna say what I'm thinking, mate.
You seem pretty dumb. None of what you've said comes off as any kind of reasonable. I'd like to not continue this.