The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Lemmy Be Wholesome@lemmy.world · edit-22 months agoI respect it when I hear someone clearly attempting a word they've only seen writtenlemmy.worldimagemessage-square168fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageI respect it when I hear someone clearly attempting a word they've only seen writtenlemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Lemmy Be Wholesome@lemmy.world · edit-22 months agomessage-square168fedilink
minus-squareripcord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoIt was embarrassingly recently that I realized segue and “segway” were the same word which I apparently didn’t know how to spell.
minus-squareElevator7009@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoIn your defense, “Segway” is a real brand of some kind of transport thingy, which might be where you picked it up.
minus-squareTlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoAnd they’re named that because they make devices that move smoothly from one place to another, just like the literary device.
minus-squareMatch!!@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agosegue puts me straight into a fugue state
minus-squareMango@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoBro let me tell you how recently I realized… 👆
It was embarrassingly recently that I realized segue and “segway” were the same word which I apparently didn’t know how to spell.
In your defense, “Segway” is a real brand of some kind of transport thingy, which might be where you picked it up.
And they’re named that because they make devices that move smoothly from one place to another, just like the literary device.
segue puts me straight into a fugue state
Pronounced “foog-way”.
Bro let me tell you how recently I realized…
👆
Lol