Re:Twin sisters worth millions thanks to female gamers
by Blikkentrekker on Thursday March 04, 2021 @02:00PM
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I object to the spelling of “author” because it's a historical contamination derived from confusion with “authentic”. The speling of “auctor” was more common till the 1800s and is still favored in certain arts circles for the aforementioned reason.
Similarly, you will find me favor the spelling of “lim” over “limb” or “hole” over “whole”.
I actually object less to “author”, than I do to “limb”, as many actually pronounce it as it is spelled, but with “limb” it is introducing a silent letter without any etymological justification, simply because other similar words such as “lamb” are spelled as such with etymological justification, as the “b” was once pronounced there.
Re:Twin sisters worth millions thanks to female gamers
by sofixa on Thursday March 04, 2021 @06:46AM
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You missed
> phantasy
As well.
I'm also really curious about the writing style and choices.
Re:Twin sisters worth millions thanks to female gamers
by tremon on Thursday March 04, 2021 @07:40AM
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The username is Dutch and means "ostentatious" (more or less). I wouldn't think too deeply about it.
Re:Twin sisters worth millions thanks to female gamers
by wccrawford on Thursday March 04, 2021 @08:01AM
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Maybe they're a chuunibyou.
... Or pretending to be one? It's that too meta?
> auctor [from another comment of yours]
Where did you learn this style? What effect are you going for here? Are you from a non-English speaking country? An especially fussy part of Britain?
Your English looks flawless, except that you seem to wish you could replace some English words with related Latin words.