The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Funny@sh.itjust.works · 16 days agoWhat did they mean by this?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1199arrow-down18
arrow-up1191arrow-down1imageWhat did they mean by this?lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Funny@sh.itjust.works · 16 days agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-squareBearOfaTime@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up22arrow-down1·16 days agoLol, have my upvote for a great backstory! Also, I think the word you want is “apprised”, which means “to inform”, while “appraised” means “to evaluate”. Lots of homonyms in English, another pair is “weary/wary”. Weary means fatigued, wary means cautious.
minus-squareDeath_Equity@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·16 days agoFixed. Sorry, English is my first language but my autocorrect is aggressive. Also “appraised” and “apprised” are not homonyms, unless you pronounce them wrong.
minus-squareSturgiesYrFase@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·16 days agoThis is why I call it autoassume. I call it that so often that it’s learned to suggest it when I type in aut
minus-squarethefartographer@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·16 days ago Also “appraised” and “apprised” are not homonyms, unless you pronounce them wrong. My Texan ass has entered the chat
minus-squareDeath_Equity@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·16 days agoYou speak Texan, not American English. Ya’ll get your own way of talkin’ and power grid. Best country in America.
minus-squarethefartographer@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·16 days ago Y’all get your own way of talkin’ Yay! and power grid Fuck!
minus-squareShadow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·16 days agoWeary and wary aren’t pronounced the same…
Lol, have my upvote for a great backstory!
Also, I think the word you want is “apprised”, which means “to inform”, while “appraised” means “to evaluate”.
Lots of homonyms in English, another pair is “weary/wary”. Weary means fatigued, wary means cautious.
Fixed. Sorry, English is my first language but my autocorrect is aggressive.
Also “appraised” and “apprised” are not homonyms, unless you pronounce them wrong.
Same with weary/wary
This is why I call it autoassume. I call it that so often that it’s learned to suggest it when I type in aut
My Texan ass has entered the chat
You speak Texan, not American English. Ya’ll get your own way of talkin’ and power grid.
Best country in America.
Yay!
Fuck!
Freedom isn’t free brother!
Weary and wary aren’t pronounced the same…
*In Canada…