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 (DIR) Post #ASVbvvIcXiSN1Aw0My by grammargirl@zirk.us
       2023-02-09T16:42:35Z
       
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       Here's an interesting word-cognition thing.I saw the phrase "swim goggle," and it took me about 15 seconds to realize it didn't say "swim Google." I was confused. What is a "swim Google." I've seen linguistics studies on things like this before! I probably see the word "Google" 2000x more than I see "goggle." "Goggles" obviously goes with "swim" though. But because I usually see it plural— "swim goggleS"— my brain didn't process it. #linguistics #WordNerd
       
 (DIR) Post #ASVbzX9UGQFPHiNsES by pootriarch@sfba.social
       2023-02-09T16:43:14Z
       
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       @grammargirl wait, what is a swim goggle? a waterproof monocle?
       
 (DIR) Post #ASVc7FMoGwvKRSIGMS by ForfarFairLady@mastodon.scot
       2023-02-09T16:44:33Z
       
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       @grammargirl I don't use Google which is probably why I read it as goggle.
       
 (DIR) Post #ASVcFBVgUoMOnSEIV6 by SusanHR@mas.to
       2023-02-09T16:46:00Z
       
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       @grammargirl Aren't we funny brains?
       
 (DIR) Post #ASVcRjlAyv1gUnSef2 by patricklee@kolektiva.social
       2023-02-09T16:48:18Z
       
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       @grammargirl Would a cyclops have a goggle or would it still be called goggles?
       
 (DIR) Post #ASVd6DkatdxV5qUdEG by coyotesqrl@theinternet.social
       2023-02-09T16:55:38Z
       
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       @grammargirl I'll also bet you see the word "Google" a googol times more than "googol".
       
 (DIR) Post #ASVdFIV8bR7UQwajnk by hill_hobbit@techhub.social
       2023-02-09T16:57:18Z
       
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       @grammargirl the power of marketing writ large.
       
 (DIR) Post #ASVda2AMX0cVqulIxc by snarkysteff@mastodon.online
       2023-02-09T17:00:57Z
       
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       @grammargirl Ahh, if you were British, you’d be be smitten with the show Goggle Box and would maybe have a different reaction. (A show where you watch people who watch and discuss TV, oddly)
       
 (DIR) Post #ASVeZcKegJRTgSwR4i by theleavingyear@zirk.us
       2023-02-09T17:12:10Z
       
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       @grammargirl Swim google does raise interesting possibilities, since we either swim or sink in the Google world.
       
 (DIR) Post #ASVey7odHIz6HJeKBs by NotesintheMargin@toot.community
       2023-02-09T17:16:35Z
       
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       @grammargirl This is interesting. My daughter was a competitive swimmer, and I don’t think I’ve ever seen the singular form swim goggle. It’s always plural, goggles. Sort of like “pants,” which always come in pairs.
       
 (DIR) Post #ASVezIHrpZ9P2psgkq by peterdrake@qoto.org
       2023-02-09T17:16:48Z
       
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       @grammargirl "THE GOOGLES DO NOTHING!"
       
 (DIR) Post #ASVgZLLc1tBKupO14K by paulkater@mstdn.social
       2023-02-09T17:34:34Z
       
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       @grammargirl Wonderful.I once spoke someone who couldn't find something on Google. I told him to do the other google."What's that?""Go ogle. Outside."(Perhaps too British for most Americans, but it often works.)