Re:Archaeologists Find Egyptian Mummy Buried with the 'Iliad'
by brudgers on Friday May 22, 2026 @11:19AM
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It was a lighthearted comment
That is how I took it and I was just having fun with words. In this case, setting up “poetic license.”
Fun is why I write comments. Fun is why what-you-would-have-found-clearer was not my priority. I did not write my comment with you in mind. I wrote it for the kind of people who might like what I wrote.
There’s no poetry to your comment
Everything is not for everyone.
Personally, I would’ve found that clearer. I know what TFA means but still found “the TFA mummy” awkward to read and parse every time. But maybe “TFA” itself was the biggest problem there. Since you were editing anyway, “the article’s mummy” was an option too. Sometimes we all forget how acronyms aren’t universal and can impede rather than assist communication.
> my poetic license removes “the TFA mummy” from grammar police jurisdiction.
Relax. It was a lighthearted comment on how I personally found the phrasing awkward to read, I haven’t insulted your mother. You’re writing random inconsequential comments on an internet forum, not redefining dramaturgy. There’s no poetry to your comment and no one is “policing” your words, you can chill.