Information Is Beautiful2d ago
Truthpaste! Love this labelling - let's roll it out across all products
Show threadFaraiwe2d ago
@infobeautiful "aqua" = water. Why the apple-marketing name??
Show threadCaeri2d ago
@faraiwe @infobeautiful Because it‘s customary to write these lists in Latin for unambiguity.
Show threadFaraiwe2d ago

@Caeri in the 400s CE, sure.

There ARE official, plain names for substances in English. Like, oh, "water".

Show threadCaeri2d ago
@faraiwe Yes, but since Latin is no longer in use and undergoes no changes in spoken/written word, it is very practical to name substances that you would rather like to be precise about, and not wonder whether e.g. „soda“ on this bottle means the English or the German colloquial term (NaOH vs Na2CO3), depending on who labeled this bottle/which country it was printed in etc.
Show threadFaraiwe2d ago

@Caeri no shit, but the idea is have it PLAIN, to the target audience.

Do you know many people fluent in Latin? Are *you*?

There.

Look, I am mo longer indulging techbros and their like, sooo...... Yet on yer own, Bub.

Buh bye

Show threadKyle
@faraiwe @Caeri
so angry and so defensive. Did you understand that aqua meant water? Guess you didn't NEED to be fluent in Latin then, did you? These people gave you a qualified answer. It wasn't a personal attack on your Latin insecurities, child.
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