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

submitted 2 weeks ago by Irelephant@lemm.ee to c/facepalm@lemmy.world

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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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[–] LanguageIsCool@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

In French it’s literally “nines” wtf is their problem.

Just kidding. It’s nouvelles. But “neuf” means both “new” and “nine.”

[–] Tournesol@feddit.fr 1 points 2 weeks ago

ok… I actually never made the connection between neuf and neuf x)

and saying "a nine" is pronounced the same as "an egg" (un neuf/un œuf)