Berks and wankers, prescriptivists and descriptivists

The berks and wankers are really, of course, also Kingsly’s sly parody of the language pundit. Every language writer thinks that there are mistakes that only idiots make. And every one considers certain rules stuffy or bogus. Where pundits disagree is deciding which language sins make you a berk, and which usage shibboleths make you a wanker.