yeah, that one threw me for a loop and I consider my vocabulary to be fairly decent. I just assumed it was missing the apostroph to make it “won’t”. Thanks for clearing that up
Per screenshots of the “skeet” = As can be understood from screenshots of the post, also known as a “skeet”
as folks on the butterfly app = (a name that) users of Bluesky
are wont to call their posts… = like to call their posts…
“Skeet” being a combination of “sky” and “tweet”, which I hope you can figure out the origins of, and also a somewhat dirty word that the owners of Bluesky would really prefer people didn’t use as the non-generic name for posts on their platform, but is also disturbingly accurate if you compare the conceptually similar word “disseminate” for the spreading of information.
I should probably have separated the above into two sentences somewhere.
Is this some word that’s commonly used in some English speaking countries? I’m a native speaker and have never heard or seen this word ever being used.
While it may be difficult to start reading books at the point you are at, it seems like it might be worth the effort to overcome the initial difficulties.
That’s fair. Though it was more in response to how consistently negative you were being to everyone else. Like you were trying to prove to everyone else the sentence was as hard to read as you thought it was. I was more attacking the character you were playing with ad hominem, to show you how your position was coming across.
Well, not at first, but after an hour of everyone explaining the sentence, and how it was a proper well-written sentence, at some point maintaining that you were correct that it didn’t make sense had to start being a character you were playing.
Whether unintentionally manifested through ODD, or intentional, same difference.
What the fuck is this word salad?
It’s okay to admit that you don’t understand what is being said. That doesn’t make it “word salad”
The fact that it’s seemingly a bunch of random words crammed together in a sentence makes it “word salad”.
Operative word being “seemingly”.
Also seemingly: you not being as literate as you think you are.
I am aware. That’s why I wrote it. It was not an accident. It was not a declarative statement.
Also seemingly: you’re being an unnecessary asshole. Goodbye.
bluesky tweet
English.
The word that’s throwing you off is probably wont
wont
yeah, that one threw me for a loop and I consider my vocabulary to be fairly decent. I just assumed it was missing the apostroph to make it “won’t”. Thanks for clearing that up
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Per screenshots of the “skeet” = As can be understood from screenshots of the post, also known as a “skeet”
as folks on the butterfly app = (a name that) users of Bluesky
are wont to call their posts… = like to call their posts…
“Skeet” being a combination of “sky” and “tweet”, which I hope you can figure out the origins of, and also a somewhat dirty word that the owners of Bluesky would really prefer people didn’t use as the non-generic name for posts on their platform, but is also disturbingly accurate if you compare the conceptually similar word “disseminate” for the spreading of information.
I should probably have separated the above into two sentences somewhere.
Is this some word that’s commonly used in some English speaking countries? I’m a native speaker and have never heard or seen this word ever being used.
The only people that are wont to use this are either somewhat pretentious/want to sound learned, or are using it for old timey comedic effect.
Learned is another word for wise or well taught, before anyone asks. It’s said ‘Learned’, not ‘learn-ed’.
As far as I know it’s not commonly used anywhere, and is mostly used for effect.
I think it used to be more common in my parents’ generation.
As seen in the screenshot of the “skeet” (BlueSky post), as users of BlueSky like to call their posts.
It looks like perfectly cromulent English to me.
That’s not word salad.
How is it not? It makes absolutely no sense.
It really does make perfect sense. There is nothing grammatically or semantically wrong with the bit you quoted. Is English your first language?
Aside from being angry at their choice to call their “tweet” equivalent “Skeets”, which bit confuses you?
I’m not angry, I legitimately just didn’t know that.
…the whole thing? Hence “word salad”.
While it may be difficult to start reading books at the point you are at, it seems like it might be worth the effort to overcome the initial difficulties.
Ah yes, my confusion totally warrants personal insults, thank you for that.
That’s fair. Though it was more in response to how consistently negative you were being to everyone else. Like you were trying to prove to everyone else the sentence was as hard to read as you thought it was. I was more attacking the character you were playing with ad hominem, to show you how your position was coming across.
LOL I’ve no idea what you’re on about, I wasn’t playing any “character”.
Well, not at first, but after an hour of everyone explaining the sentence, and how it was a proper well-written sentence, at some point maintaining that you were correct that it didn’t make sense had to start being a character you were playing.
Whether unintentionally manifested through ODD, or intentional, same difference.
You need to check your timestamps. And also go away.
I’m in the UK this week, it’s how they talk. It’s fun but can be difficult understanding what someone actually means 30 seconds later