this post was submitted on 15 Oct 2024
834 points (98.9% liked)

People Twitter

5222 readers
2266 users here now

People tweeting stuff. We allow tweets from anyone.

RULES:

  1. Mark NSFW content.
  2. No doxxing people.
  3. Must be a tweet or similar
  4. No bullying or international politcs
  5. Be excellent to each other.

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
SendMeYourTaTas@sh.itjust.works
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
834
Some things you can't live down (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 month ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works
89 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] PennyRoyal@sh.itjust.works 39 points 1 month ago (2 children)

My friend once put the emphasis on the first syllable of pedantic, and correcting him was probably the single greatest joy I’ve ever felt

[–] Droechai@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

So it was ped-antic? I wonder if it's antics by children or pedestrians

[–] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

pee-dantic puh-dantic?

[–] PennyRoyal@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

He called me PED-an-tic, with the least stress on the middle syllable. It gave me immense pleasure to be able to say “erm, it’s ped-AN-tic…”