This thread went viral because it’s funny and we actually learned something
13.
What are your feelings about “very unique”?
— Daniel Summers 🏳️🌈 (@WFKARS) June 11, 2018
Likewise: “subtle nuance”
— Bill Wendel 🌊 (@BillWendel) June 11, 2018
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a lectern is the thing you stand at, a podium the thing you stand on
— bs (@bart_smith) June 11, 2018
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1. People who say the Moët in Moët & Chandon like Mo-aye when it’s mo-ett
2. People who say expresso instead of espresso
3. People who pronounce ‘ye olde’ as ‘yee oldee’ when it was just ‘the old’ (y is called a thorn and pronounced like th and the last e was silent)— Tweedle Din (@meganlsanders) June 11, 2018
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When people say “theory” when they mean “hypothesis”.
— Stuart Forbes 🇪🇺 (@StuartForbes1) June 11, 2018
I recently said “hypothesis” in a story and my editor changed it to “theory” and I regret not pushing back 🙁
— your friend Helen (@hels) June 11, 2018
I’m going to challenge that. Theory within science is different from theory in sociology, as a broader family of concepts. For instance, social conflict theory. That is the context most people mean.
— Sharlene King (@typodactyl) June 12, 2018
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The term “Begging the Question” doesn’t mean “raising the question,” it means “using the thing you are trying to prove in the premise of your argument.” I have almost never heard this term being used correctly outside of the introductory philosophy course where I learned it.
— Blurry Cat Face (@wgolling) June 12, 2018
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People who say viceA versa. Trust me, they exist.
— Darby (@DarbyAndrew) June 11, 2018
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It really bothers me one someone says “translator” but they mean “interpretor”.
You almost never see it go the other way.
— Justin Brightbill, king of the wild frontier (@JustinSaysThis) June 11, 2018
Oooh, can you give me an example of the difference?
— your friend Helen (@hels) June 11, 2018
A translator translates text. An interpreter (I guess I spelled it wrong in my pendantic tweet) interprets spoken word. So a reporter in Iraq might say they worked with a translator to talk to locals.
— Justin Brightbill, king of the wild frontier (@JustinSaysThis) June 11, 2018
Ah! I didn’t know the difference and now I am delighted to also be annoyed by their conflation
— your friend Helen (@hels) June 11, 2018
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Champagne can only come from the Champagne region in France.
— Cavocer (@Cavocer) June 11, 2018
Ditto tequila from tequila!
— your friend Helen (@hels) June 11, 2018
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“Woman politician,” “woman CEO,” “woman president.” If you have to make the gender clear, say FEMALE. Has anyone ever said “man politician”?
— Jill Filipovic (@JillFilipovic) June 11, 2018
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And then of course the opposite, when people refer to women as “females.”
— Jill Filipovic (@JillFilipovic) June 11, 2018
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The pronunciation of GIF. This is a hill I will die on.
— Rachael Berkey (@bookoisseur) June 11, 2018
Lots of interesting factoids there, right Hels?
