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AND they try to push terms like “crosswalk” on us? Click on a “crosswalk”? No idea what that js, all I see is a zebra crossing. I already have to correct my son
by thebruce87m 3y ago
AND they try to push terms like “crosswalk” on us? Click on a “crosswalk”? No idea what that js, all I see is a zebra crossing. I already have to correct my son every time he says “on accident” and it will be a cold day in hell before I accept “crosswalk”.
- ta8645 3y ago> have to correct my son every time he says “on accident” This used to bother me as well. But it is actually reasonable, since we have no objection to the opposite evocation of "on purpose". The language is just mutating normally.
- thebruce87m 3y agoI was mostly being facetious but “on accident” is a hill I’ll die on. It’s like nails on a chalkboard.
- pests 3y agoIt's funny that you choose to die on a hill that I can't even see. What is wrong withg the phrase? Seems normal and correct to me.
- woleium 3y agoIts an Americanism. “By accident” is more acceptable in the UK
- pests 3y agoHa, as an American I struggled and failed to think of the "correct" wording that was alluded to. "by accident" sounds correct and I wouldn't second guess hearing it, but yep, "on accident" is what comes to me naturally when speaking.
- Pufferbo 3y agoIs crosswalk a NA regional term for pedestrian-crossing?
- SllX 3y agoIt is a term, the term I’ve always known that is synonymous with a pedestrian crossing, and I guess it’s regional?
- ronsor 3y agoIs your Accept-Language header set to en_US?
- thebruce87m 3y agoNot sure to be honest, I’ll have a check tomorrow. I’m not genuinely bothered by it, hopefully my rant came across in the playful tone I meant it. I do normally set the language in places, otherwise all my s’s end up as z’s (pronounced zed).
- Doctor_Fegg 3y agoNo, they just don’t care. Mine is definitely set to British English and I still get crosswalk all the time.