• tburkhol@slrpnk.net
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    4 days ago

    Lots of phrases get distorted by journalists and activists who don’t bother to learn their correct use and just go by vibe. “Begs the question” is beyond recovery, but ‘centimillionaire’ makes as much sense as ‘600% discount.’ 80% of people ignore any statement containing a number, so the subtle difference between hundred and hundredth is hard to convey.

    Charles Darwin would not play football on a centi-meter long field.

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      3 days ago

      Yes, no disagreement here. But I’ll let others police the language. I don’t really have the time.

      Not my pig, not my farm.

      If you get most of the culture/media talking about UHNWIs to flip over to hecto instead of centi, more power to you.