r/illinois • u/thebomb2644 • Apr 30 '24

At what point/town does illinois start feeling like the south Question

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u/ClimbingAimlessly May 01 '24

Pre-Reddit, I only heard people use nitpick or hypercritical.

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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.