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Re:Spreadsheet "breaks" Apple Vision Pro eye-tracking by FirmwareBurner on Friday February 09, 2024 @07:08PM (#39322067)
>I think it's pretty clear that "the beach" here means your hotel room/airbnb.

Does it? In my mother tongue "to the beach" means the place with sand and water, not the accommodation.

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Re:Spreadsheet "breaks" Apple Vision Pro eye-tracking by yreg on Friday February 09, 2024 @07:43PM (#39322292)
That's not the place to bring your Apple Vision Pro.
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Re:Spreadsheet "breaks" Apple Vision Pro eye-tracking by jitl on Friday February 09, 2024 @09:00PM (#39322792)
It’s the same beach as in the sentence “We stayed on the beach in Miami”. When someone says that phrase in English they mean staying in an accommodation that is located or fronted by a beach. Not that they were camping sleeping on sand dunes in a sleeping bag
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Re:Spreadsheet "breaks" Apple Vision Pro eye-tracking by bob778 on Friday February 09, 2024 @09:08PM (#39322852)
Native Australian English speaker here: I would 100% interpret that as they camped on the beach because that’s an option at some places here. Goes to show how it’s cultural I guess.
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Re:Spreadsheet "breaks" Apple Vision Pro eye-tracking by jitl on Friday February 09, 2024 @09:13PM (#39322884)
Wow, yeah.

But if you imagine it said in a fancy accent by someone holding a stack of bills totaling $4000USD does it change the meaning? “On the beach” has to be in very posh accent.

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