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Augustus 17 CE rule (slrpnk.net)

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I love this! The linguaphile pedant in me seethes every time someone uses the modern definition of decimation and it sometimes takes physical effort not to be THAT guy about it 😅

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

This is called the etymological fallacy

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago

Nah, I know that the common usage is by definition also correct, but that doesn't mean I have to like it any more than "literally" also meaning "figuratively" now.