Iβm surprised. Merriam-Webster is usually the Urban Dictionary of print dictionaries. Iβd have more expected them to change their definition because βmuh common usage.β
Hacks. OED or death.
I love that there are strong opinions like this out there for dictionaries.
Youβve convinced me. Iβm ride or die for OED now too.
Of course! Iβd have thought that went without saying. Iβm not a barbarian.
I never really thought about choosing a side, but I am a staunch supporter of the Oxford comma. I guess now I know which side Iβm on. Letβs fucking go
I once read an article praising the 1913 edition of the Websterβs dictionary and I have been using it ever since (in the form of GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English). That with etymonline makes the reading experience quite pleasant.
Well, you and I were already basically besties, werenβt we @The_Picard_Maneuver?
This is Webster, named after the guy who butchered English for fun and fame? Itβs like dunning-kruger became a linguistic architect.
NORTH EAST WEST SOUTH
At least thatβs what they taught us in journalism school
Oops. Should I not have done that? I mean if anyone had told me that sort of thing is frowned upon I never wouldβveβ¦
Theyβre joking. You should actually always eat while shitting and shit while eating. No exceptions.
Why would I do extra research to prove my professor wrong instead of just listening to what they said for the test? Idk youβre right but also assuming a lot lmfao
Wait youβre sticking with that it actually happened not that you were joking? What f-tier journalism school did you go to? And they tested on the origin of the world news, already an insane thing to do to in a journalistic qualification, AND they expected a totally absurd and obviously false answer?
Were you training to work at fox?
Journalism is the production and distribution of reports on the interaction of events, facts, ideas, and people that are the βnews of the dayβ and that informs society to at least some degree of accuracy.
Gosh, I dunno. Couldnβt have anything to do with the subject matter, maybe?
That doesnβt even make sense, who would refer to cardinal directions in that order?
Fun fact they were going to name compasses NEWS but the name was already taken
Idk if all the people in this comment section are joking, it means things that are new. New information about the world.
Of course we all know that βnewsβ stands for Never EVER Work Safe.
Yes, but they got it from earlier companies, like the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory.
