Like the wind...@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoWhat seemingly random thing do you vehemently hate?message-squaremessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up10file-text
arrow-up10message-squareWhat seemingly random thing do you vehemently hate?Like the wind...@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square19fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMagosInformaticus@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-21 month agoThe use of “alumni” in the singular. A person is an alumnus or an alumna, the alumni are always a group. Seems to be a very American usage, and I don’t know why it feels aggravating where other Americanisms like positive anymore don’t.
minus-squareRogue@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoDo you find yourself correcting people who order a panini instead of a panino?
minus-squarebeerclue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoI do twitch a little when I hear someone saying bravi to a single person :)
The use of “alumni” in the singular. A person is an alumnus or an alumna, the alumni are always a group. Seems to be a very American usage, and I don’t know why it feels aggravating where other Americanisms like positive anymore don’t.
Do you find yourself correcting people who order a panini instead of a panino?
I do twitch a little when I hear someone saying bravi to a single person :)