Edit: anyone else always pronounce PED XING as pedexing instead of pedestrian crossing?
Yes, that’s how I pronounce it.
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Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 8 months agoDr., Mrs., Ms. etc. are traditionally abbreviated with periods/dots but it does raise issues typing on one’s phone because autocorrect thinks it’s the end of a sentence, so sans dots is becoming more common. And there’s other examples which have never had dots, like nvm and af
GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 8 months ago
As a non-Christian, I never made that Xmas connection. It sounds cool, but I was never sure why anyone started calling that (and evidently never curious enough to go looking for an answer or even really ask, I just kinda took it as one of those things that is how it is because people are going to people).
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Oddly enough, people who didn’t know that part of the history got angry “they took Christ out of Christmas!” So then people who liked the holiday but not the religion used it to do exactly that. As you say, people people.
Akuchimoya@startrek.website 8 months ago
As a non-Christian, I never made that Xmas connection.
Well, as a Christian, I wouldn’t feel bad about it because the poster is not correct. The X in Xmas does not stand for a cross, it comes from the Greek spelling of Christ which is Χριστός. The chi-rho symbol (☧) is an imposition of the first two letters (Χ and ρ) and is still commonly used to refer to Christ in some denominations.
As a bonus: if you’ve ever wondered (or not wondered) why some Christian symbolism uses a fish, ἸΧΘΥΣ (or ICTHYS) is an acronym for Ἰησοῦς Χρῑστός Θεοῦ Υἱός Σωτήρ, “which translates into English as ‘Jesus Christ, God’s Son, Savior’.” (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichthys) This has been used since the first century.
Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 8 months ago
if you’ve ever wondered (or not wondered) why some Christian symbolism uses a fish, ἸΧΘΥΣ (or ICTHYS) is an acronym for Ἰησοῦς Χρῑστός Θεοῦ Υἱός Σωτήρ
And that presumably is drawn as a fish in some language?
user134450@feddit.de 8 months ago
“ἰχθύς” is the ancient greek word for “fish” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ΙΧΘΥΣ
squaresinger@feddit.de 8 months ago
Both Dr and Dr. are possible.
Rouxibeau@lemmy.world 8 months ago
When you type Dr., et al., you normally follow it with a proper noun. Why is the auto caps an issue?
edgemaster72@lemmy.world 8 months ago
For instance, if you want to text someone “I have an appointment with the Dr. at 11 on Tuesday”. Depending on the dr’s name it might be more to type than someone cares to, especially if it isn’t the most pertinent piece of information.
Rouxibeau@lemmy.world 8 months ago
If you are gonna put Dr then odds are you’ll follow with @ and it’s a non-issue.
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Because, as you probably just noticed, it’s sometimes part of a sentence, used without the name. Maybe I’m texting “Dr says it’s not a tumor, I’m pregnant” or something.
In addition, Dr (w/ or w/o .) sometimes means Drive, and USPS sorting machines prefer no dots, so that might also drive autotype to choose dotless, or at least offer it.
CoggyMcFee@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Using the period with titles is standard in the US and leaving out the period is standard in the UK.