with respect, "Imposter" is STILL the wrong spelling. Citation:
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@codinghorror am I even good enough to write that word?
@codinghorror
It sure is. People doing things ends in "or" - actor, advisor, commentator, operator, impostor...
@codinghorror i can accept that it's spelled impostor if you can accept that it's spelled amogus
@kepeken these things are completely unrelated. ALso stop fucking adding U to words for no reasons, you animals. And it is ALUMINUM.
@codinghorror
So Imposter is an Impostor?
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"Both impostor and imposter mean a person who deceives others by pretending to be someone else, but impostor is the more traditional spelling. 'Imposter' is a common alternative spelling that has been used for centuries and is widely accepted."
The reason this happened in a nutshell is The Internet. We got a blend. And that's OK. Language can evolve. It should evolve.
BUT IT'S FUCKING "IMPOSTOR" FOR THE RECORD. And yes, I will die on this hill because who wants to live forever, anyway, unless you're Peter Theil.. and and you see where that goes. Blood boys.
@codinghorror
What a minuscule thing to get worked up about.
@codinghorror ...did you mean Peter Thiel? 🧌
@codinghorror Can you do "its" vs. "it's" next?
@antiphase (head explodes), but.. I do own a poster version of this.. https://www.angryflower.com/247.html
@codinghorror
Bob is the hero we need. The real hero the 90s gave us.
@antiphase
@antiphase
@codinghorror youre a genius. 😁
@codinghorror discovering the dictionary is around to list definitions of words because that's how people use the words and not because the dictionary is the authority on what a word means definitely changed my outlook on words and meaning.
My hill is envious and jealous.
@codinghorror Ever read the book Word by Word? It's a fascinating read about just this kind of thing! One of my favorite books 😄
@codinghorror You could say that the word "imposter" is an impostor of the correct term, "impostor".
@codinghorror you know so much about this that it’s making me feel like an impostor
@codinghorror for what it’s worth, in Portuguese is also impostor
@codinghorror are you saying that... Imposter... Is an impostor word?
@saricchiella no, "imposter" means to put someone in a poster.
@codinghorror but it's trying to deceive us pretending to be someone (some word?) else!
@saricchiella no deception, just people being unable to read. Maybe they're dyslexic?
@codinghorror wiktionary quotes a 2017 CNN piece to justify "imposter"... 🤷
@codinghorror now I'm having imposter syndrome about my social media posts.
@codinghorror Remember: If someone rolls into town and pretends to be the new priest, you'd better make good gorram sure they're not an IMPASTOR.
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