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This is probably the first time I’ve seen a human use the word “delve”. It immediately triggered my - is this AI?
by iamflimflam1 10mo ago
This is probably the first time I’ve seen a human use the word “delve”.
It immediately triggered my - is this AI?
- ramraj07 10mo agoPeople from different countries especially where English is not their first language often have more esoteric words in their vocabulary.
- SatvikBeri 10mo agoMaybe you just don't read many books written after the year 2000? It was a pretty common word even before ChatGPT: https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=delve&year_start=1800&year_end=2022&corpus=en&smoothing=3# https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=delve&year_sta... But perhaps the most famous source is Tolkien: "The Dwarves tell no tale; but even as mithril was the foundation of their wealth, so also it was their destruction: they delved too greedily and too deep, and disturbed that from which they fled, Durin's Bane."
- necovek 10mo agoAs a non-native speaker, I read a lot of fantasy and science fiction books in English. I use "delve" regularly (I wouldn't say "frequently" though). Not sure if it's Terry Pratchett's Discworld influence, but plenty of archaic sounding words there. I did not even know it was considered uncommon and archaic, tbh.
- nutjob2 10mo agoI guess there may be regional differences but delve is a commonly used word for native speakers.