Blaze@reddthat.com to interestingasfuck@lemm.ee · edit-26 months agoIn 2007, after one of their gorillas, Bokito, escaped and attacked a women who stared at him every day, the Rotterdam Zoo started handing out glasses that tricked the gorillas to avoid starefiles.catbox.moeimagemessage-square84fedilinkarrow-up1396arrow-down113file-text
arrow-up1383arrow-down1imageIn 2007, after one of their gorillas, Bokito, escaped and attacked a women who stared at him every day, the Rotterdam Zoo started handing out glasses that tricked the gorillas to avoid starefiles.catbox.moeBlaze@reddthat.com to interestingasfuck@lemm.ee · edit-26 months agomessage-square84fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up25arrow-down7·6 months ago‘Everyday’ - an adjective meaning ‘normal’ and 'mundane. ‘Every day’ - daily. A trusted news source should know its own language.
minus-squareJimmyeatsausage@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·edit-26 months agoOP isn’t a trusted news source…and the subtitle isn’t a quote they pulled from the wiki article
minus-squareHalosheep@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down6·6 months agoOne of the dumbest and most pedantic differences I can think of in the English language.
minus-squareShadowedcross@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·6 months agoThere are many worse mistakes journalists make, this isn’t one I’m particularly bothered by.
minus-squaremorphballganon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·6 months agoSimilarly, it’s always grating to see on a dating profile that a person likes to “hangout.”
minus-squarellii@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 months agoOh, thanks for the heads up from a non native speaker.
‘Everyday’ - an adjective meaning ‘normal’ and 'mundane.
‘Every day’ - daily.
A trusted news source should know its own language.
OP isn’t a trusted news source…and the subtitle isn’t a quote they pulled from the wiki article
Indeed, still corrected the title
The plot thickens
One of the dumbest and most pedantic differences I can think of in the English language.
There are many worse mistakes journalists make, this isn’t one I’m particularly bothered by.
Similarly, it’s always grating to see on a dating profile that a person likes to “hangout.”
Oh, thanks for the heads up from a non native speaker.
Corrected!