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[-] KazuchijouNo@lemy.lol 26 points 4 months ago
[-] clutch@lemmy.world 35 points 4 months ago

What do birds have to do with anything?

[-] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 18 points 4 months ago

Dunno, better call in an etymologist to study what bugs the birds are eating.

[-] JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca 8 points 4 months ago

"Ahh no see, you wanted entomology man, which coincidentally means study of bugs"

[-] Freefall@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

What about the study of Ents?

[-] thefartographer@lemm.ee 6 points 4 months ago

Looks up

Everything!

Puts on foil hat

[-] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

You made a perfect example of the original question there. Emoting in italics like an old geeky chat. I'd bet you're no younger than 35.

[-] thefartographer@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago

How do you do, fellow geriatrics?

[-] Infynis@midwest.social 6 points 4 months ago
[-] otp@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago

This doesn't seem to hold true for native English speakers. The number of old white North Americans on Facebook who haven't figured out punctuation, capitalization, or things like their/there/they're is astounding.

[-] kurcatovium@lemm.ee 3 points 4 months ago

Rest assured it's not just US problem. The same happens in other languages too and it may be even worse there.

[-] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

As many as 16% of US adults may be considered functionality illiterate in English. A further 26% have serious difficulty gaining understanding from what they read in English. From a department of education study.

Essentially a third of the country can't read much beyond the cat in the hat, if even that.

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