Vanth,
@Vanth@reddthat.com avatar

When to use “i.e.” versus “e.g.”. I have to think through the full Latin phrases every time.

commie,

I do, too, but that’s remembering, not forgetting.

andrew,
@andrew@lemmy.stuart.fun avatar

My mnemonic is “for eggsample.”

quotheraven404,

I use “in essence” for i.e.

tomi000,

Example given

xor,

my mnemonics are:
e.g. = egxample, i.e. = in eother words

lars,

I think writers and readers both stumble over them. I avoid both altogether these days.

Vanth,
@Vanth@reddthat.com avatar

That’s fair. Had an opportunity to use “e.g.” today but just said “for example” instead.

I had another interesting one. Reviewing a document someone else wrote that said an old thing was “grandfathered” in and the document didn’t apply to it. A Chinese-american coworker (who has been speaking English for decades) didn’t know that one, “grandfathered”. Another unnecessary term when “previously approved” or “previously authorized” would be so much clearer.

This is all reminding me of a Wikipedia article I stumbled on ages ago about people who want English kept “pure” to Germanic and early modern English roots. …m.wikipedia.org/…/Linguistic_purism_in_English. E.g. (lol), saying birdlore instead of ornithology, and bendsome instead of flexible.

muninn,
@muninn@dmv.social avatar

The phrase “Baader-Meinhof effect”

I love pointing out examples of it but always forget the name, leading to an awkward moment when I try to explain it

itsralC,

For the people who hadn’t heard of it (like me): en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency_illusion

Zozano,

I have ADHD, so pretty much every word when I need it most.

squid_slime,
@squid_slime@lemmy.world avatar

Ifyp scatterbrained to all hell

SheerDumbLuck,

Ladle. Big soup scoopy thing. Never remember this word. Terribly specific.

Pyroglyph,
@Pyroglyph@lemmy.world avatar

I think I prefer “soupy scoopy” over “ladle” now

Usernameblankface,
@Usernameblankface@lemmy.world avatar

Everyone’s names.

HipsterTenZero,
@HipsterTenZero@dormi.zone avatar

me too, uh… ulysses bankster five.

peached_whale,

ma ja pa hit

Wilzax,

Mahajapit ❌
Majahapit ❌
Mapajahit ❌
Mahapajit ❌
Mahajapit ❌
Ma-ja-pa-hit?

✅☑️✅☑️✅

orbital,
@orbital@infosec.pub avatar

I was going to answer this but I can’t remember.

A_A,
@A_A@lemmy.world avatar

Same here, I have that same word on the tip of my tongue and can’t remember it either.

ohlaph,

Funny you should ask. And that’s the thing, I can’t remember.

Kolanaki,
@Kolanaki@yiffit.net avatar

I forgot. 🤷🏻‍♂️

spacemanspiffy,

Effect/affect

LemmyKnowsBest,

I’m better at writing than talking because it takes me so long to think of so many words.

today I paused for 30 seconds trying to remember “second line of defense,”

and paused again for a really long time trying to remember what this thing is called I plug my phone into recharge when I’m traveling, oh yeah it’s called a “power bank.”

waz,

Empathy and sympathy. I know they are different, and I know how they are different, but I always forget which is which.

Sharpiemarker, (edited )

The one that means:

When you find unexpected good fortune.

I always remember the word “providence” when I mean the other one, without the religious connotation. Like kismet.

It’s Serendipity btw.

Witchfire,
@Witchfire@lemmy.world avatar

I forgot

TootSweet,

“Idiomatic” and “Wirth’s Law”/“May’s Law” come to mind.

Of course now I have no problem bringing them to mind.

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