Show threadmarinheiro2d ago
@tante Voted no, but 'computer vision' is an overly AI-ish way of describing OCR; maybe 'pattern recognition'?. #pedantry , sorry.
Show threadAlmostlyHarmlessMay 28

@HamonWry Either wisdom teeth are misnamed, or you'd already hit a lower limit. I'm confident it was the former. 😜 ✌️

#pedantry

Dr Ian McCormickMay 15
! "Whom" ! #English #grammar #composition #pedantry #language #linguistics
skuaMay 3

@WestLawns

Is that a trap for pedants?

[Drawn like a moth to a flame]

#Pedantry #Pedantrydon

CheshireApr 30

Charlatans & Bores | Clare Bucknell | The New York Review of Books
https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2026/05/14/charlatans-bores-on-pedantry-visser/

#Pedantry

Charlatans & Bores | Clare Bucknell

The profile of the pedant has changed surprisingly across time periods and cultures, but what’s constant is that nobody wants to be called one.

The New York Review of Books
Show threadEggs now in different baskets.Apr 13

@MonaApp "The default Mastodon app for everyone."

Everyone, except people who do not use an iPhone, iPad or Mac computer still running sufficiently recent versions of their original OSs.

#pedantry #marketing

WenApr 9

I am@partial to a bit of pedantry as some have noticed in the past, but this is world class by Mr Brisbane. From Pedantry Corner, Private Eye
🎩

#pedantry #PrivateEye #cartoon #rome #architecture

YahooeyApr 6

“Don't trust anybody who'd rather be grammatically correct than have a good time.” — Tom Robbins, Skinny Legs and All
#TomRobbins #Quotation #Quote #QOTD #Pedantry

https://yahooeysblog.wordpress.com/2026/04/06/quote-of-the-day-5469/

Quote of the Day

“Don’t trust anybody who’d rather be grammatically correct than have a good time.” — Tom Robbins, Skinny Legs and All

Yahooey's Blog
Doktor Overcomma Mar 31
Just back from checking notifications on my bots BobTheTraveler and ConanTheSysadmin after letting them accumulate for a month. Now caught up. Except for the one guy who seems very insistent that OF COURSE the Coriolis Force MUST make drains swirl the opposite direction, and I need to do the research to come up with the precise numbers. I suspect that I'll hear from him again.
#physics #pedantry
swissletMar 25

Relentless bombardment shows no sign of relenting, you say?

Huh.

#pedantry #language #TheGuardian