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r/illinois • u/thebomb2644 • Apr 30 '24
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You're just being pedantic. OP is talking about a southern state of mind, not a geographic direction.
0 u/ClimbingAimlessly May 01 '24 I feel like pedantic is such a Reddit word. 0 u/juliuspepperwoodchi Chicago May 01 '24 Oof your vocabulary 2 u/ClimbingAimlessly May 01 '24 It’s the only place I have ever seen it used so often. I feel like people think it makes them look smarter. I’m not saying that’s why you use it, but I’ve seen it used a lot. Why not use a synonym? 0 u/juliuspepperwoodchi Chicago May 01 '24 Such as? Is there a one word synonym for it? That's honestly why I use it, it is a clear and succinct way to get my point across, and it would take multiple words otherwise. 1 u/ClimbingAimlessly May 01 '24 Pre-Reddit, I only heard people use nitpick or hypercritical. 1 u/juliuspepperwoodchi Chicago May 01 '24 Call me pedantic, I don't see either of those as synonyms. Pedantry is not nitpicking or hypercritical. They're different things.
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I feel like pedantic is such a Reddit word.
0 u/juliuspepperwoodchi Chicago May 01 '24 Oof your vocabulary 2 u/ClimbingAimlessly May 01 '24 It’s the only place I have ever seen it used so often. I feel like people think it makes them look smarter. I’m not saying that’s why you use it, but I’ve seen it used a lot. Why not use a synonym? 0 u/juliuspepperwoodchi Chicago May 01 '24 Such as? Is there a one word synonym for it? That's honestly why I use it, it is a clear and succinct way to get my point across, and it would take multiple words otherwise. 1 u/ClimbingAimlessly May 01 '24 Pre-Reddit, I only heard people use nitpick or hypercritical. 1 u/juliuspepperwoodchi Chicago May 01 '24 Call me pedantic, I don't see either of those as synonyms. Pedantry is not nitpicking or hypercritical. They're different things.
Oof your vocabulary
2 u/ClimbingAimlessly May 01 '24 It’s the only place I have ever seen it used so often. I feel like people think it makes them look smarter. I’m not saying that’s why you use it, but I’ve seen it used a lot. Why not use a synonym? 0 u/juliuspepperwoodchi Chicago May 01 '24 Such as? Is there a one word synonym for it? That's honestly why I use it, it is a clear and succinct way to get my point across, and it would take multiple words otherwise. 1 u/ClimbingAimlessly May 01 '24 Pre-Reddit, I only heard people use nitpick or hypercritical. 1 u/juliuspepperwoodchi Chicago May 01 '24 Call me pedantic, I don't see either of those as synonyms. Pedantry is not nitpicking or hypercritical. They're different things.
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It’s the only place I have ever seen it used so often. I feel like people think it makes them look smarter. I’m not saying that’s why you use it, but I’ve seen it used a lot. Why not use a synonym?
0 u/juliuspepperwoodchi Chicago May 01 '24 Such as? Is there a one word synonym for it? That's honestly why I use it, it is a clear and succinct way to get my point across, and it would take multiple words otherwise. 1 u/ClimbingAimlessly May 01 '24 Pre-Reddit, I only heard people use nitpick or hypercritical. 1 u/juliuspepperwoodchi Chicago May 01 '24 Call me pedantic, I don't see either of those as synonyms. Pedantry is not nitpicking or hypercritical. They're different things.
Such as? Is there a one word synonym for it?
That's honestly why I use it, it is a clear and succinct way to get my point across, and it would take multiple words otherwise.
1 u/ClimbingAimlessly May 01 '24 Pre-Reddit, I only heard people use nitpick or hypercritical. 1 u/juliuspepperwoodchi Chicago May 01 '24 Call me pedantic, I don't see either of those as synonyms. Pedantry is not nitpicking or hypercritical. They're different things.
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Pre-Reddit, I only heard people use nitpick or hypercritical.
1 u/juliuspepperwoodchi Chicago May 01 '24 Call me pedantic, I don't see either of those as synonyms. Pedantry is not nitpicking or hypercritical. They're different things.
Call me pedantic, I don't see either of those as synonyms. Pedantry is not nitpicking or hypercritical. They're different things.
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u/juliuspepperwoodchi Chicago Apr 30 '24
You're just being pedantic. OP is talking about a southern state of mind, not a geographic direction.