What pointless little things annoy you? (yiffit.net)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by l_b_i@yiffit.net to c/casualconversation@lemm.ee

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I just got invited to a meeting for a time zone that doesn't exist this time of year. In the US EST does not stand for Eastern time, it stands for Eastern Standard Time (~November-~March), EST is not an active time zone, it is EDT Eastern Daylight Time. Its a pointless thing, most people probably don't notice, but its wrong.

Fake internet points to anyone who knows why DB-9 bothers me.

Edit: corrected a missing n in an eastern

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[-] l_b_i@yiffit.net 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Both are the standard American English pronunciations. For solder, the o is more of an ah sound so sahder.