"The fact that some people can't distinguish between etymology and entomology bugs me in ways I can't put into words" -- Anon
@ColinTheMathmo Aren't they sinominous?
@N0tSure @ColinTheMathmo
No, that's two Chinese people whose names you can't differentiate because you didn't learn the correct phonemes before about 14yo.
@ColinTheMathmo
It's an itch, but there are ways you can scratch it.
@ColinTheMathmo is that the same as oriented and orientated

@ColinTheMathmo

Which one knows about the bee's knees?

@ColinTheMathmo

Entomology - ents come to a picnic. 🐜

Etymology - you et your words.

@ColinTheMathmo

Earliest cite I could find was Tal Waterhouse on Twitter, 2018-May-03.

(Caution: link to X/Twitter, probably best avoided until you really need it.)

https://x.com/iiTalW/status/991905585174986753

Tal Waterhouse (@iiTalW) on X

People who can't distinguish between etymology and entomology bug me in ways I cannot put into words.

X (formerly Twitter)
@weekend_editor Yeah ... I'm tempted just to leave it as "Anon".
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