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minus-squareKlear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·22 days agoPretty sure botanists are aware that the same word can have different meaning outside of their scientific field. The people actually bothered by this are pedants who read about it on the internet, not people who studied botany.
minus-squareArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-221 days agoA slight distinction: The people actually bothered by this are the friends of pedants who read about it on the internet, not people who studied botany. The pedants aren’t bothered, they’re elated they get to display faux superiority, I’m the one bothered by them! Lol
Pretty sure botanists are aware that the same word can have different meaning outside of their scientific field. The people actually bothered by this are pedants who read about it on the internet, not people who studied botany.
A slight distinction:
The people actually bothered by this are the friends of pedants who read about it on the internet, not people who studied botany.
The pedants aren’t bothered, they’re elated they get to display faux superiority, I’m the one bothered by them!
Lol