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minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·22 days agoI don’t see a problem with the title. That’s literally what happened. It makes no judgments.
minus-squareNurse_Robot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-222 days agoWhy are we still using the word “scores” Edit for the haters: go ask someone tomorrow how much a “score” is. Most people would have to look it up, which makes it inappropriate for a headline where “hundreds” is more appropriate.
minus-squareNurse_Robot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·22 days agoI don’t know, maybe for the reasons I already mentioned
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·22 days agoBecause “dozens” is less than “scores?” 12 < 20. What would be better?
minus-squareNurse_Robot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·22 days agoMaybe hundreds? Scores is such an 1800s word. It’s simply not used in today’s vernacular, and I’m not sure why you’re defending it.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·22 days agoI wasn’t defending anything. I literally asked what would be better. Apparently asking what would be better was bad.
minus-squarespaduf@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·21 days agoI think it feels reminiscent of an explainer and that kind of gives me the ick. Maybe I’m being silly though
I don’t see a problem with the title. That’s literally what happened. It makes no judgments.
Why are we still using the word “scores”
Edit for the haters: go ask someone tomorrow how much a “score” is. Most people would have to look it up, which makes it inappropriate for a headline where “hundreds” is more appropriate.
Why not
I don’t know, maybe for the reasons I already mentioned
Because “dozens” is less than “scores?”
12 < 20.
What would be better?
Maybe hundreds?
Scores is such an 1800s word. It’s simply not used in today’s vernacular, and I’m not sure why you’re defending it.
I wasn’t defending anything. I literally asked what would be better.
Apparently asking what would be better was bad.
I think it feels reminiscent of an explainer and that kind of gives me the ick. Maybe I’m being silly though