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Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• davidgro@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  English.

  The word that’s throwing you off is probably wont

  wont

  (archaic or humorous) One's habitual way of doing things; custom, habit, practice. 
  

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  • MaggiWuerze@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    yeah, that one threw me for a loop and I consider my vocabulary to be fairly decent. I just assumed it was missing the apostroph to make it “won’t”. Thanks for clearing that up

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  • pycorax@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Is this some word that’s commonly used in some English speaking countries? I’m a native speaker and have never heard or seen this word ever being used.

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    • ZeffSyde@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      The only people that are wont to use this are either somewhat pretentious/want to sound learned, or are using it for old timey comedic effect.

      Learned is another word for wise or well taught, before anyone asks. It’s said ‘Learned’, not ‘learn-ed’.

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    • davidgro@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      As far as I know it’s not commonly used anywhere, and is mostly used for effect.

      I think it used to be more common in my parents’ generation.

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• iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  That’s not word salad.

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  • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    How is it not? It makes absolutely no sense.

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    • jabba@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Aside from being angry at their choice to call their “tweet” equivalent “Skeets”, which bit confuses you?

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      • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Aside from being angry at their choice to call their “tweet” equivalent “Skeets”

        I’m not angry, I legitimately just didn’t know that.

        which bit confuses you?

        …the whole thing? Hence “word salad”.

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    • iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      It really does make perfect sense. There is nothing grammatically or semantically wrong with the bit you quoted. Is English your first language?

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    • Tarquinn2049@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      While it may be difficult to start reading books at the point you are at, it seems like it might be worth the effort to overcome the initial difficulties.

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      • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Ah yes, my confusion totally warrants personal insults, thank you for that.

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• mj_marathon@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  It’s okay to admit that you don’t understand what is being said. That doesn’t make it “word salad”

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  • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    The fact that it’s seemingly a bunch of random words crammed together in a sentence makes it “word salad”.

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    • mj_marathon@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Operative word being “seemingly”.

      Also seemingly: you not being as literate as you think you are.

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      • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Operative word being “seemingly”.

        I am aware. That’s why I wrote it. It was not an accident. It was not a declarative statement.

        Also seemingly: you’re being an unnecessary asshole. Goodbye.

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• thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I’m in the UK this week, it’s how they talk. It’s fun but can be difficult understanding what someone actually means 30 seconds later

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• FourWaveforms@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  bluesky tweet

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