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What petty hill will you die on? (beehaw.org)
submitted 1 year ago by thrawn21@beehaw.org to c/chat@beehaw.org
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For me I say that a truck with a cab longer than its bed is not a truck, but an SUV with an overgrown bumper.

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[โ€“] Hellebert@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, this is the excuse I use too when I mess up the pronunciation of a word and people have an issue with it. They understood the meaning so the communication was successful which is the point.

[โ€“] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

100%. If people get the point, that's a successful transfer of information. You may have transferred more than you wanted (like the implication that you've never heard the word before), but you did complete the transfer.