Lili SaintcrowTo “hone” something is to sharpen its edge. To “home in” is to find and follow the signal that helps a plane return to base.
Stoneface Vimes@lilithsaintcrow thanks for that. This misusage infuriates me. And it's so common.
@capnthommo As I said elsewhere, at some point the erroneous but more common usage might become correct by default because language is a living thing. Which is super cool, and helps me regard it philosophically, no matter the irritation.
Slash909uk@lilithsaintcrow @capnthommo mmm etymology is fun 🙂
@lilithsaintcrow yes. I can generally rise above it but hone/home literally gets under my skin😉