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      <title><![CDATA[Obsessed with spelling mistakes: these are the memes about Catalan]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/be21edc2-74b3-40b1-ba22-be234ac752bc_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0_x347y482.png" /></p><p>How do we use weak pronouns? When should we say <em>by</em> either <em>for </em>versus infinitive? Why do some people say <em>smells like</em> either <em>I have to</em>The linguistic anxiety of the Catalans also reaches internet memes. <em>What do you want to tell me?</em>, published in the <a href="https://revistes.eapc.gencat.cat/index.php/rld/article/view/4396" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><em>Journal of Language and Law</em></a>analyzed 87 language-related mems, and found that 40% of them dealt with spelling mistakes. There's a specific humor about the obsession with linguistic correctness that many Catalan speakers suffer. The remaining mems revolve around issues such as dialectal variations or regulations. </p>]]></description>
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