“You can feel the collective shudder among language purists: ‘innit’, ‘grrl’ and ‘thang’ have been admitted into the Collins Scrabble Dictionary. Admission into any dictionary is the first step on the road to legitimation, thus raising the question of whether mispronunciation constitutes a genuine neologism. I hate to admit it, but historically speaking the answer to that question is yes.”
Sarah Churchwell defends the addition of abominable words into dictionaries.
(via TheBookBench)