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| **Other reading:** Ahearn (2021b); Ahearn (2021a); Blommaert (2009); Moore (2011); Silverstein (2022); Thorpe (2015) | **Other reading:** Ahearn (2021b); Ahearn (2021a); Blommaert (2009); Moore (2011); Silverstein (2022); Thorpe (2015) | ||
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| “People Judge You By the Words You Use”—Self-help is all about making people feel inadequate, so what better slogan for self-improvement could there be (see, e.g., Elster 2016). I would bet that billions of dollars are made by selling people products to “increase their word power” (Flexner 1971; Funk 1968). We know it’s wrong, but in fact it’s hard to avoid feeling judged not just for what you say but how you say it. | “People Judge You By the Words You Use”—Self-help is all about making people feel inadequate, so what better slogan for self-improvement could there be (see, e.g., Elster 2016). I would bet that billions of dollars are made by selling people products to “increase their word power” (Flexner 1971; Funk 1968). We know it’s wrong, but in fact it’s hard to avoid feeling judged not just for what you say but how you say it. | ||
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