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[–] 6 points 5 months ago (5 children)

If we are being really pedantic. Knots is a measure of distance, and the fact that people have been using that wrong for several centuries does not turn a rope tied at one point into a time-changing object.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    fact that people have been using that

    The way language works is that people use things and they become correct.

    There's things I hate, too, like "yea" now being a spelling for "yeah". But it's useless to fight it.

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