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Post #AwILbdTm7ItPLOM2T2 by [email protected] |
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Pedantic Service Announcements:“circa” means “approximately”. Don’t u… |
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Post #AwILbdcHbfhLlmKpjE by [email protected] |
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@nicksherman Which one of these is not like the others? All but one predate our… |
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Post #AwIP2WO8t80B28EPfU by [email protected] |
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@nicksherman what about e.g.cetera? |
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@nicksherman und so weiter :-) usw |
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@nicksherman N.B. for nota bene, Latin for "Pro tip"... |
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Post #AwIPDwVk6alLEjEToG by [email protected] |
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@nicksherman So, is one piece of spaghetti actually a 'spaghetto'? |
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@nicksherman you forgot et al.! |
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Post #AwIPFbJvrVW45vV0CW by [email protected] |
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@nicksherman also thanks for the PSA, I give it at work about every 6 mos |
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Post #AwIPKYtKJxF60bQ6Ua by [email protected] |
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Pedantic Service Announcement (time edition):When specifying time in the USA, �… |
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@bytebro @nicksherman Spaghettus. |
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@davetheresurrector Not 'spaghettum' then? (Sadly, didn't study Lat… |
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Post #AwIPPlwLEYZhvUJZXE by [email protected] |
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@bytebro @nicksherman I was just keeping the Silly rolling along. |
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Post #AwIPWaHWyeGlnPTS9Q by [email protected] |
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@nicksherman my mental trick for deciding between “i.e.” and “e.g.”: �… |
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Post #AwIPbJtbKLokQKXUfY by [email protected] |
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@nicksherman @mwichary I remember e.g. as ‘example given’ |
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Post #AwIPbK26oicgqiWHvk by [email protected] |
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@Chancerubbage @nicksherman @mwichary That’s what I figured out in school, or… |
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@3janeTA I was gonna add that but ran out of characters :) |
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Post #AwIPk1BIHFEazHxjZw by [email protected] |
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@nicksherman must’ve been difficult to choose between OG and et al but apprec… |
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@nicksherman GmbH = Gesellschaft mit beschränkter HaftungGmBH = Gesellschaft m… |
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Post #AwIPtlTbWOldAzAsyW by [email protected] |
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@davetheresurrectorMate, it's Saturday, and I'm in the pub. Silly is go… |
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Post #AwIPx3PlHiuHg8whJA by [email protected] |
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@Onlineadviser Speak for yourself! 😂 (I wasn’t alive in the 1970s when “… |
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Post #AwIPybrOha3Qnec7iC by [email protected] |
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@Chancerubbage @nicksherman @mwichary Exempli gratia |
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Post #AwIQ0hgE2EMTQeO2LY by [email protected] |
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@mathiasrudolph @nicksherman Exemplorum gratiis cetera? |
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Post #AwIQ17x8LzKqucUuJM by [email protected] |
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@bytebro @nicksherman sì |
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@nicksherman wow, I have never seen &c before! in what context would that b… |
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Post #AwIQ4LW6NaY5qhO8wa by [email protected] |
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@Chancerubbage @mwichary I can’t help but hear “eg-zample” in my head.😅 |
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Post #AwIQ4LcTzreYAUNEtE by [email protected] |
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@nicksherman @mwichary I remember ie as id est, which of course is exactly what… |
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@nicksherman eggsample |
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@nicksherman @burnoutqueen &c is news to me. TIL. |
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Post #AwIQFzOcRvYyiZRMWG by [email protected] |
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@falcennial “&c.” was much more common before the 20th century, especia… |
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@nicksherman @falcennial I remember seeing &c. in a lot of British texts we… |
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@nicksherman i'd add AKA to that list - people seem to think it means '… |
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@falcennial @nicksherman ya that's a weird shorthand! It's literally th… |
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Post #AwIR00cmDN5fqf0SBM by [email protected] |
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@nicksherman Try as I might, I can never remember if we’re in S or D reliably… |
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@nicksherman I always remember them as:i.e. = I explaine.g. = examples givenObv… |
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Post #AwIeEL2sNy5cdoNS08 by [email protected] |
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@Chancerubbage I loved the day when, while studying calligraphy, I realized the… |
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Post #AwIeHyeZa2w0LskEUq by [email protected] |
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@nicksherman a good mnemonic device for me has been: “i.e.” is “in effect… |
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@nicksherman You are a good public servant. Your fellow man thanks you |
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@jasonsantamaria I’m gonna start scheduling meetings in New York for “ETC�… |
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@nicksherman haha I love this |
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Post #AwIeNkuvZ2jZUH9Lgu by [email protected] |
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@nicksherman “… and etc.” is redundant but “etc., etc.” … that’s … |
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@nicksherman OG = Oregon Grown. 😉 |
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@nicksherman OG = Oregon Grown. 😉 |
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@nicksherman i never knew thats what an ampersand was supposed to be :floofLurk: |
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@nicksherman Love this! I did not know about & or the &c version of etc… |
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@nicksherman To be perfectly clear about time to anyone around the world, use U… |
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@meltedcheese @nicksherman The problem with using the UTC convention, e.g. UTC … |
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Post #AwVmPZYO6rOnVlSn3I by [email protected] |
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@gcvsa @nicksherman Agreed. |
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@nicksherman and please don't use seasons so refer to timeframes. They are … |
