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A tweet saying "It took me 19 years to figure out NEWS stands for "notable events, weather and sports" 🤔". It has a reply from Merriam-Webster saying "No."
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In French it’s literally “nines” wtf is their problem.
Just kidding. It’s nouvelles. But “neuf” means both “new” and “nine.”
ok… I actually never made the connection between neuf and neuf x)
and saying "a nine" is pronounced the same as "an egg" (un neuf/un œuf)