Language is always in a state of change, it evolves depending on the dominant forms of communication. To fight this, to constantly correct peoples grammar, spelling or styles of speech is just an attempt to reaffirm a social hierarchy on the grounds of class, education, culture and exposure to media sources. This censorship limits the exploration of new concepts as all curtailment of speech does and sets up a policing of form where an effort to understand what is trying to be conveyed could have been. To dismiss what someone is saying on the basis of how it is said does not invalidate their opinion, it leaves you in a smug bubble of your own ignorance.
On a related note every person I've ever met named Dean has been a pretentious arsehole, don't give your child a name that alludes to guardianship of knowledge so strongly, it sets them up for a lifetime of snide pettiness.
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