I just got invited to a meeting for a time zone that doesn’t exist this time of year. In the US EST does not stand for Eastern time, it stands for Eastern Standard Time (~November-~March), EST is not an active time zone, it is EDT Eastern Daylight Time. Its a pointless thing, most people probably don’t notice, but its wrong.

Fake internet points to anyone who knows why DB-9 bothers me.

Edit: corrected a missing n in an eastern

    • Dicska@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      5 months ago

      I don’t know about others, but to me they are both appropriate ways to express laughter, just two different kinds. I would use ahah for schadenfreude.

    • Dymonika@beehaw.orgEnglish
      2·
      5 months ago

      Some people actually do start their actual, in-person laugh with an “a.” Are you saying what’s natural is somehow wrong?

      • dwindling7373English
        1·
        5 months ago

        I’ve never heard anyone laughing in a way that could be written down as “ahahah”. Do you have any example?

        Laughing is, as far as I can tell, multiple “Ha!” as in “suprise!” there’s a clear exhalation before the a sound.

        • Dymonika@beehaw.orgEnglish
          2·
          5 months ago

          I’ve heard people exclaim, “Ahaha” or so before. It’s not rare but it’s not like it’s never occurred.