Like the wind...@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoWhat seemingly random thing do you vehemently hate?message-squaremessage-square210fedilinkarrow-up151arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up143arrow-down1message-squareWhat seemingly random thing do you vehemently hate?Like the wind...@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square210fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMagosInformaticus@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 months agoThe use of “alumni” in the singular. A person is an alumnus or an alumna, the alumni are always a group. Seems to be a very American usage, and I don’t know why it feels aggravating where other Americanisms like positive anymore don’t.
minus-squarebeerclue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoTrue, but if I used alumnus instead of alumni, wouldn’t I just sound pretentious?
minus-squareblackbrook@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoNo, because there’s only one of you, you’d sound pretentio.
minus-squareRogue@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoDo you find yourself correcting people who order a panini instead of a panino?
minus-squarebeerclue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoI do twitch a little when I hear someone saying bravi to a single person :)
The use of “alumni” in the singular. A person is an alumnus or an alumna, the alumni are always a group. Seems to be a very American usage, and I don’t know why it feels aggravating where other Americanisms like positive anymore don’t.
True, but if I used alumnus instead of alumni, wouldn’t I just sound pretentious?
No, because there’s only one of you, you’d sound pretentio.
Do you find yourself correcting people who order a panini instead of a panino?
I do twitch a little when I hear someone saying bravi to a single person :)