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You know its bad when the dictionary comes to argue. (lemm.ee)

submitted 14 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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BTW, check merriam-webster's bluesky. Its really good.

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A tweet saying "It took me 19 years to figure out NEWS stands for "notable events, weather and sports" 🤔". It has a reply from Merriam-Webster saying "No."

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

proto-germanic is fascinating. it's a whole "conceptual language" made entirely out of assumptions, and i love it.

i assume you're aware of RobWords on youtube? he also does another show called Words Unraveled. if you're a word nerd like me, i'm sure you'd love boþ.

edit: #HARDCORE Þ

[–] [email protected] 3 points 12 hours ago

Thanks. I’ll check.