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Valnao@sh.itjust.works to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 2 months ago

Japanese monks and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years. They accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset

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Japanese monks and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years. They accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset

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Valnao@sh.itjust.works to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 2 months ago
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  • Victor@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Surely “car accidents” aren’t the only way it’s been “noun-ified”?

    Even the Latin form would mean “misfortune”.

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      2 months ago

      I’m sorry, I don’t speak Latin.

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        You… don’t need to be able to in order to follow along here. I provided an image as well. 👍

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          2 months ago

          Mate, I’m familiar with the history of the word. I don’t read any negative connotations in the form OP is using.

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            Alright, mate.

            Then I don’t understand what you’re argument is. You know the connotation people have, you know the origins of the word… 🤷‍♂️

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              Uh, my argument is that my eyes see no devils yonder. If you’d like to know why, I guess, have a look at 1-a.

              I should have pulled up a dictionary to begin with, honestly. I just thought I was arguing from a more colloquial standpoint. Which I would still defend; I love slang.

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                Are we ignoring 1-b?

                happening without intent or through carelessness and often with unfortunate results

                🤷‍♂️

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                  I mean, I was hoping to, yeah.
                  I don’t much care about 2 or 3 either.

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