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Re:LiquidText: A tool for academical note taking by chrismmay on Friday March 20, 2020 @02:26AM (#22635444)
Ok, grammar nazi alert. Who uses the word academical? I had to google it just to confirm it is indeed a word, albeit a rarely used one that is indistinguishable from the simpler, and in my opinion, the proper word, “academic”.

A bit like saying “that’s nonsensical” vs “that’s nonsense’. https://wikidiff.com/academic/academical

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Re:LiquidText: A tool for academical note taking by Eugeleo on Monday March 30, 2020 @02:54AM (#22725800)
Thanks for the tip, I am indeed a non-native speaker!
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Re:LiquidText: A tool for academical note taking by helloworm on Friday March 20, 2020 @02:28AM (#22635454)
Why be so polemical?
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Re:LiquidText: A tool for academical note taking by chrismmay on Friday March 20, 2020 @02:36AM (#22635506)
I know, I’m insufferableical. I need a vacationical.
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Re:LiquidText: A tool for academical note taking by YaxelPerez on Friday March 20, 2020 @02:33AM (#22635489)
maybe a non-native english speaker
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Re:LiquidText: A tool for academical note taking by chrismmay on Friday March 20, 2020 @02:59AM (#22635597)
Probably. The irony is palpableical. Reminds me of this article I read recently. I could understand it, but it was like reading a foreign language https://www.google.com/amp/s/thedigitalwise.com/2020/03/14/a....
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Re:LiquidText: A tool for academical note taking by artificial on Friday March 20, 2020 @03:21AM (#22635701)
This is fantastical. What's the deal with the writing? Right now by bots for bots?
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Re:LiquidText: A tool for academical note taking by chrismmay on Friday March 20, 2020 @06:08AM (#22636385)
That is a category of non-native speaker that I hadn't considered until you mentioned it. A bot. Perhaps the author of this post, and the article I mentioned aren't human at all. They could be bots. Sorry for being robophobical. These are anxious times we are in.
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