The latest Tweets from ※ David Blue ※ (@NeoYokel). used to write about cars. now complains about software | writing in public & here to help! | if I've fucked up, TELL ME. ⏚ https://t.co/Av1eyCBnZ6 ⏚ ⒽⒺ ⸎ ⒽⒾⓂ. Columbia, MO
The latest Tweets from KⒶLi (@kaliiibratiiion). I am a swan’s wings, bloodied at the joint and pasted to a boy’s back, like in that story. icon by @coffinberryart
“The words BECAUSE and ESPECIALLY become ‘cos’ and ‘specially’ due to a process called APHAERESIS—the loss of a sound from the beginning of a word. Historically, it was this process too that formed the words CUTE from ACUTE, SPY from ESPY, MEND from AMEND, and SQUIRE from ESQUIRE.”
“The words BECAUSE and ESPECIALLY become ‘cos’ and ‘specially’ due to a process called APHAERESIS—the loss of a sound from the beginning of a word. Historically, it was this process too that formed the words CUTE from ACUTE, SPY from ESPY, MEND from AMEND, and SQUIRE from ESQUIRE.”
“Also, a textbook example of how much data is in raw files. The initial photo has crushed shadows and blown out highlights, but that doesn’t mean the data is gone. https://t.co/z7KBPfjfP7”