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  • BananaPeal@sh.itjust.workstomemes@lemmy.worldmememe
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    28 days ago

    Lisp has an S.

    The fear of long words is “hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.”

    Queue has 4 silent letters, in a line.

    Plough, through, and trough don’t rhyme, but pony and bologna do.

    You park in your driveway, but drive on a parkway.

    I before E, except after C, or when sounding like A, as in neighbor and weigh. We live in a weird society.

    In Britain, post is delivered by the Royal Mail. In the US, mail is delivered by the Post Office

    Read rhymes with lead, and read rhymes with lead, but read and lead don’t rhyme, and neither do read and lead.
















  • American here. I work for a company that gives 5 weeks per year. It’s great. I can take a 1-2 week vacation in the summer and various days and weeks off throughout the year. It doesn’t hurt that my boss is great and almost never says no to time off. “Hey, this project is draining. I could really use a week off for mental recovery. It looks like nobody is off next week.” “Go for it.”

    It’s possible, fellow Americans. Unions are the way.