It is, check the OED.
Phil K
Older but not necessarily wiser. Been online since 1970s BBS
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Look up Egg Theory. It will blow your mind.
Phil K@lemmy.worldto Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•If there was more than one Illinois, would they be called Illinoises or Illinoi?11·1 year agoBasis becomes Bases Crisis becomes Crises Oasis Oases Echolalia Echolalies Etc Generally the vowel becomes an e
Illinois Illinoes
Phil K@lemmy.worldto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Why do some websites have a "Continue Reading" button?2·1 year agoThere we go, a strong opinion.
Phil K@lemmy.worldto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Why do some websites have a "Continue Reading" button?111·1 year ago- Some people prefer pages to scrolling (it’s amazing the strength of opinion about this for either point of view)
- Advertisements are charged per impression. So each page counts as a new impression
- Be grateful websites no longer auto scroll web pages
- Some things lend themselves to page by page. For example very long articles (this is why books replaced scrolls)
- Be grateful that websites stopped animating page turns etc
- Sometimes web developers don’t care and just use a bought in package
Phil K@lemmy.worldto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Is there a difference between customers/consumers?2·1 year agoIt depends also on what type of business. For example in Finance a consumer is a real person who buys/borrows uses something but a customer is a general term for a person, business, organisation or partnership that buys goods or services.
For example, I might have an account at XYZ Bank and so might a company. We are both customers of XYZ Bank but I am a consumer and the company isn’t.
[to complicate things small businesses might class as consumers in some jurisdictions]
Phil K@lemmy.worldto Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•Lower Decks: Can anyone tell me what I'm missing?English21·2 years agoThe first few episodes Mariner was written as hyperactive and overbearing to the point of being off-putting.
But they responded to feedback and wrote her differently going forward and seem to have made some edits to earlier episodes.
It might be worth seeing some later episodes once it got settled in.
Phil K@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•This is why nobody uses SMS in EuropeEnglish2·2 years agoThe UK, you can easily get unlimited calls, SMS and data for £20 and even lower if there’s a promotion on. eg six months half price. I get it for £18 a month.
It’s because the im isn’t a prefix but part of the word. (It was originally spelt empeche)