• Klear@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    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.

    • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 months ago

      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