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minus-square0ops@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 months agoI kind of brought this up in another comment, that “first” and “1st” aren’t really the same thing. Which is confusing when you extend that to fourth/4th five/5th. I don’t generally see someone write “zeroith”, but I’ll see “0th”.
minus-squareTwilightKiddy@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoAnd here I thought people write “1st” because they are lazy and want to press 3 keys instead of 5.
I kind of brought this up in another comment, that “first” and “1st” aren’t really the same thing. Which is confusing when you extend that to fourth/4th five/5th. I don’t generally see someone write “zeroith”, but I’ll see “0th”.
And here I thought people write “1st” because they are lazy and want to press 3 keys instead of 5.