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Just realized that "upside down" means "the up side is down", making it upside down (lemmy.ml)
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[โ€“] s38b35M5@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Unused to wonder if the radio announcers that are always reciting the station call letters found that the letters stopped sounding like individual sounds, and the whole recitation became a sort of "word" for them. Like "You're listening to 102.9FM WBLM!" Did it stop being "double-you bee ell emm," and turn into more of a mashup of "dubbleyabeeyelmm"?

True, the difference is pretty subtle, especially to a listener, but I wonder strange things sometimes...

[โ€“] Kiosade@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 months ago

As a fellow wonderer of strange things, all I have to say is keep wondering, my friend :)