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  • Alabaster_Mango@lemmy.catoScience Memes@mander.xyzPi Day
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    2 months ago

    Yeah, that’s my thinking too. English, and language in general, is very fluid. Different regions will have different colloquialisms, and even different dialects of the same language. So long as we all understand what is meant does it really matter all that much how it was said?


  • Alabaster_Mango@lemmy.catoScience Memes@mander.xyzPi Day
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    2 months ago

    But “Coffee fourth”/“fourth coffee” and “23rd July”/“July 23rd” are different things. I don’t think it’s a good comparison.

    With the coffees you are counting how many you’ve had. The thing being counted is explicitly stated in the phrase.

    With dates, you are not counting the number of July’s. This isn’t my 23rd July, but the 23rd day of this July. The thing being counted is only implied by colloquial understanding.

    So yes, “coffee fourth” doesn’t work, but that doesn’t have much bearing on how to say a date in my opinion


  • Alabaster_Mango@lemmy.catoScience Memes@mander.xyzPi Day
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    2 months ago

    They could be from Canada too. We’re in that fun zone of being mostly Oxford/metric/DMY, but due to proximity and history we still use a lot of Webster/imperial/MDY. My dad is from the past so he speaks in Fahrenheit but calls it “English”. Send help.

    However, saying “July 23rd” feels more natural and efficient to me than “The 23rd of July”. That translates to me writing 07/23 over 23/07. To each their own though, I’m not gonna harsh any mellows over date formatting.





  • Because the current use of the word reinforces stigma around pedophilia and makes it less likely for people with pedophilic disorder to reach out for help for the fear they would be outed and treated the same as actual child abusers.

    OP is saying that by referring to child molesters as pedophiles, instead of child molesters, we risk scaring non-abusing pedophiles from seeking treatment. There are treatment programs for pedophilia, but social stigma can cause them to not be popular with the masses and lose funding.

    Edit: I brain farted a bit and had a fib in there. Removed it.