On Mon, 30 Oct 2023 03:59:18 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver"
<
G6...@255soft.uk> wrote:
>In message <
hvhtjidukl53jj0au...@4ax.com> at Sun, 29 Oct
>2023 14:03:47, Mack A. Damia <
drstee...@yahoo.com> writes
>>On Sun, 29 Oct 2023 15:54:09 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver"
>><
G6...@255soft.uk> wrote:
>>
>>>"I haven't seen anything (other than X's own substitution of 'repost'
>>>for 'retweet'), but then I haven't been looking particularly. The tw-
>>>words are still in pretty widespread use so far as I can see."
>>>
>>>I would have said "as far as"; what does the 'group think?
>>
>>Pardon my ignorance, but is this an addition to another post? I don't
>>understand a word of it. I am not the sharpest tool in the shed, but
>>I am not the dullest by far.
>>
>>Who is "X"?
>>
>>What are tw-words?
>>
>>
>The bit in "" was a response on X (formerly twitter) to a discussion of
>what words to use now twitter has changed its name; however, for the
>purposes of APIHNA (in its secondary use as general language discussion
>rather than specifically the possessive its), I was just asking about
>"so far as".
>
>X is what twitter is now called.