> Taco Bell won the franchise war and is the only restaurant remaining.
When I saw that movie when I was small, I thought that was literally Taco Bell, McDonald's, and Burger King, et al fighting with tanks, etc. Taco Bell emerged victorious after a bloody struggle.
> It is the year 2040, all environmental disasters and the economic Resource Wars from the early 21st century have decimated the fragile ecosystem balance of an Earth once teeming with life.
The first part of this episode is near identical to my mental picture of the "franchise wars:"
Imagination is an umbrella term that includes headcanon, but headcanon has a much more narrow and communicative meaning to do specifically with interpreting missing or ambiguous details in established fictional universes by fans or other people who aren't part of the creative team for that universe. Using the word that best fits the idea you're trying to communicate is good, actually. Also, while English does have real words what makes a word real is nothing more than whether when one English speaker uses is can they reasonably expect other English speakers to understand it. Given that everyone who read this thread had no problem understanding the word "headcanon" (including you, despite your protestations, as you were able to define a synonym) that means it's a Real English Word(tm)(c)(r).
No, what I'm saying is not only sensible, it's the agreed-upon view by people who actually study how language works. Did you think the idiomatic English you speak is unchanged from the very first language that ever referred to itself as English or are you falling prey to the idea that the things you're familiar and comfortable with are 'correct' and everything that came before you or will come after you is somehow 'incorrect'?
'headcanon' is jargon within general fandom. The term refers to the application of imagination against the established canon of a body of fiction, to expand upon that body of work.
Example:
- Superman being from Krypton is canon.
- Superman not truly being the son of Jor-El, because his mom slept around, might be one fan's headcanon.
It's from Old French all right, but probably not because there was no existing word. Old English Translator[1] suggests geþanc (a bit similar to the modern German Gedanke) or the verb wénan, both of which can be confirmed by Bosworth & Toller's Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[2].
The Normans introduced French as the prestige language of England when they invaded, but Anglo-Saxons would have wanted to express the concept of imagination way earlier. If they had wanted to, they could have borrowed the word from Classical Latin imāginor without the 'help' of the Normans.
We all got a$$holes and opinions and most of them stink.
You give me your stinky opinion saying mine stinks.
Well, you're wrong of course.
A claim to "evolution" meaning "change" is simply an excuse for anything. Evolution is about selection and I'm the big bad wolf eating your baby children: you go extinct. That's evolution, not some cheesy anything goes resignation.
"Other people can do what they want" is not an opinion, it's a fact of life. You can deal with it, or you can get so upset that you try to physically stop them. Is that something you want to do over the use of language?
Evolution is not about "selection", you're referring to a biological concept known as natural selection. I'm sorry to tell you, the evolution of a system simply means the development of the system over time. Feel free to check a dictionary. You should look up "homonym" while you're at it.
For someone so bent on controlling the English language, you should put more time into understanding it.
> People cant do what they want. What planet are you on?
A planet where I can try to do anything I want, only stopped if what I am doing is being prevented by someone physically stopping me, such as an officer or concerned citizen. As per my post.
> The only reason "evolution" is thrown around is bc of natural selection. To use evolution as a term is to imply it.
> 2a: a process of change in a certain direction (unfolding)
Your claims are easily falsifiable. The modern use of "evolution" in biology evolved after the word was already in use to mean change. You have no authority to police the use of the word.
Your actions are controlled by their consequences, not cops.
You go to work, like everyone else. You are civil to people - because you choose - and keep your job.
Your freedom is a false illusion and can be boiled down to statistics, your zip code, age, IQ, etc.
Even your advocacy of uncaused agency is, itself, fully caused, reinforced, shaped and controlled.
And I never said evolution is exclusively a reference to natural selection- it's cache is due to the prestige of such ideas. Your sloppy usage and weak defense of such use doesn't prove anything.
I can police English if I am as free as you say I am. That's "my choice".
All of that is so wildly off base and off-topic from the argument at hand: People can do what they want unless you or someone else physically stops them.
> I can police English if I am as free as you say I am.
You can try. How is that working out for you? Your original comment attempting to police language was flagged and died, looks to me like you were politely shown the door.
It's not being gamed, the community just doesn't care for what you have to say when it's policing other people. "You can't tell me not to tell people no because then you'd be telling me no" is not a good take. You need to step back and learn from this.
If zem and I were in a room by ourselves, I don't think either of us would try to be "boss". Only once someone who supports such power structures, such as yourself, enters the picture, do we have to start protecting ourselves against such people. Have you read Lord of the Flies?
I'm self-employed, and the existence of a top-down hierarchical power structure is not evidence that one is necessary. We're also now several straw mans away from the original argument.
When I saw that movie when I was small, I thought that was literally Taco Bell, McDonald's, and Burger King, et al fighting with tanks, etc. Taco Bell emerged victorious after a bloody struggle.