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Fortunately, there’s one point on which we found near unanimous agreement: AI content should be clearly 👏labeled 👏

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Acronyms are pronounced as words. -scuba -laser -NASA Initialisms are pronounced as individual letters. -NFL -TSA -TGIF 'Acronym' is frequently used for both kinds of abbreviations, so it's ok to call an initialism an acronym.

The 'kin' of ‘napkin’ means "little." ‘Nap’ comes from ‘nape,' which means “tablecloth.” So a napkin is a little tablecloth. 10/10, no notes.

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In 1919, the most dominant racehorse in the world was Man o' War. His career record was 20-1. His only loss was to a horse named ‘Upset.' This is NOT the origin of the word ‘upset.’ Evidence of ‘upset’ meaning “an unexpected defeat” dates as far back as 1877.

‘Rage’ and ‘outrage’ aren’t etymologically related. ‘Rage’ is from the Latin ‘rabere’ (to be mad). ‘Outrage’ is from Anglo-French ‘utrage’ (insult), from Latin 'ultra' (beyond). We hope this doesn’t make you mad.

To the companies pushing the “AI-can-do-it-better” narratives, we present this evidence: the issue isn’t whether AI can write better (it can’t)—the question is: do people even want this?! (No!)

rough (like uff in buff) cough (like off in scoff) drought (like ow in cow) though (like o in no) thought (like aw in saw) through (like oo in woo) Enough.

due = ⌛️ do = 💇‍♀️ dew = 🏞️ doo = 💩 deux = 2️⃣🇫🇷 De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da = 👮👮‍♂️🐝

Cleopatra lived closer in time to 'yeet' being in the dictionary than to the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza.

discrete = separate discreet = unobtrusive The E's are SEPARATED by the T in 'discrete.'

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The ‘bel’ in ‘decibel’ is for Alexander Graham Bell. Since the ‘B’ in 'dB' is a name-derived unit, it is capitalized when abbreviated.

'Lead' and 'read' rhyme. Unless you're saying 'lead' and 'read.' But also 'lead' and 'read' rhyme.

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