Post AT2G5RljXKIPgDFyVs by Hyolobrika@berserker.town
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 (DIR) Post #AT2BLAaChZDJF0Xe08 by stannard@mastodon.org.uk
       2023-02-25T09:50:09Z
       
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       What has happened to English as I knew it.The word ' Twice '?seems to have been replaced with 'two times'.'Insects' replaced by 'bugs'Actresses are now all Actors.The list goes on.Post triggered by switching on the television.Perhaps I should sell it.Wish the pubs were open.Enjoy your Saturday x
       
 (DIR) Post #AT2BvAWUOySRTpyC5g by athairbirb@mstdn.social
       2023-02-25T09:56:39Z
       
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       @stannard fluidity of language and, for twice, I have no idea 😆
       
 (DIR) Post #AT2Et0T37ICLZq1OAS by stannard@mastodon.org.uk
       2023-02-25T10:29:55Z
       
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       @neil Nails and Heads !
       
 (DIR) Post #AT2G5RljXKIPgDFyVs by Hyolobrika@berserker.town
       2023-02-25T10:43:23Z
       
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       @stannard Fuck. First we lost "thrice". Now this?
       
 (DIR) Post #AT2GCcZNmHpNClttXk by Alex@wreck.rocks
       2023-02-25T10:44:41.219495Z
       
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       @stannard Insects and bugs have always been different words with different meanings.
       
 (DIR) Post #AT2GfM7g0QUyasdvlI by anemone@akko.anemoneya.me
       2023-02-25T10:49:52.786807Z
       
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       True Bugs are a specific kind of  insect
       
 (DIR) Post #AT2HnBwjpEYjIqpKro by stannard@mastodon.org.uk
       2023-02-25T11:02:28Z
       
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       @Hyolobrika We lost THRICE ?
       
 (DIR) Post #AT2IwPJPbL0nJgOHfE by errante@rot.gives
       2023-02-25T11:15:19.186542Z
       
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       @stannard > What has happened to English as I knew it.The word ' Twice '?seems to have been replaced with 'two times'.no it hasnt fuck are you on about mate
       
 (DIR) Post #AT2JAYVoC11fu5w4FE by zakiuem@shota.house
       2023-02-25T11:17:55.633453Z
       
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       @anemone @stannard @Alex pests refer to usually harming insects
       
 (DIR) Post #AT2JJtcD6JB7xcNr6m by wyliecoyoteuk@mastodon.org.uk
       2023-02-25T11:19:35Z
       
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       @stannard Watching TV in the morning is a slippery slope.
       
 (DIR) Post #AT2KJ8BvWPGUpeHynQ by Waxingtonknee@mastodon.org.uk
       2023-02-25T11:30:39Z
       
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       @stannard I'm still mourning the loss of "overmorrow" and "oft".
       
 (DIR) Post #AT2KqyhhIpH1FjHyam by Flick@spinster.xyz
       2023-02-25T11:36:47.689492Z
       
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       @stannard I remember recently seeing an advert for a mobile phone that extolled the fact that the camera had 4x zoom, pronounced “four ex”.
       
 (DIR) Post #AT2NnJq552DFVT9nge by anthropoid@woln.eu
       2023-02-25T12:09:44.395781Z
       
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       People don’t read books, that’s why.
       
 (DIR) Post #AT2aYpZC8NcKy6gFXs by bitterblossom@lolison.top
       2023-02-25T14:32:44.008656Z
       
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       @errante @stannard wait til he hears about "thrice" and "three times"
       
 (DIR) Post #AT32SdbuTIfqrkmmX2 by anemone@akko.anemoneya.me
       2023-02-25T19:45:25.039564Z
       
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       in entomology "bug" typically refers to insects in the order Hemiptera rather than an umbrella term like it's used in common English. It's a specific type of insect distinct from something like a beetle or an ant.The situation is similar to the shrimp classifications I was going on about yesterday if you saw that