dgilbert@lemmy.catoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•What's some common knowledge that you just found out recently?English
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9 months agoI read somewhere that you should never look down on anyone for mispronouncing a word because it means they learned it by reading.
As a childhood bookworm, that lesson stuck with me.
Not quite true. Boomer is based on the baby boom after WW2, so 1945 onwards. 80+ is a better demarcation. I only nitpick since my father and in-laws are 78 and true boomers.