GolfFoxtrotLima@sh.itjust.works to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 3 days agoSteve Wilhitelemmy.zipimagemessage-square46linkfedilinkarrow-up166arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
arrow-up162arrow-down1imageSteve Wilhitelemmy.zipGolfFoxtrotLima@sh.itjust.works to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square46linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 days agoMy problem is that we already have a word jiff, meaning a short amount of time. The overlap in use is minimal, but why add ambiguity. And don’t get me started on to, too, and two.
minus-squareKrauerking@lemy.lollinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoTheir, there, they’re. Its ok that you can’t tell those words apart. But also don’t ask people to not do what you can’t understand? Or do people in wheelchairs boo at the Olympics?
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoEye think my point is two reduce ambiguity is a good thing.
My problem is that we already have a word jiff, meaning a short amount of time. The overlap in use is minimal, but why add ambiguity.
And don’t get me started on to, too, and two.
Their, there, they’re.
Its ok that you can’t tell those words apart.
But also don’t ask people to not do what you can’t understand? Or do people in wheelchairs boo at the Olympics?
Eye think my point is two reduce ambiguity is a good thing.