The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Funny@sh.itjust.works · 1 year agoWhat did they mean by this?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1204arrow-down18
arrow-up1196arrow-down1imageWhat did they mean by this?lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Funny@sh.itjust.works · 1 year agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-squareBearOfaTime@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up22arrow-down1·1 year 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-up18·1 year 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-up4·1 year 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-down1·1 year 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-up4arrow-down1·1 year 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-up3·1 year ago Y’all get your own way of talkin’ Yay! and power grid Fuck!
minus-squareShadow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·1 year 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.
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
Same with weary/wary
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…