Why Do We Use 'O'Clock' When Telling Time? We say it every day, but so many people have no idea what that little 'O' stands for.

Why do we say “3 o’clock” instead of just “3”?
It turns out the “o’” comes from the phrase “of the clock,” used centuries ago to distinguish clock time from other ways of measuring time.
#Etymology #EnglishLanguage #WordOrigins #DidYouKnow #Linguistics #LanguageGeek #OClock #FunFact #Bluesky #art

Also conservatives are frothing at the bit on Twitter right now for retributive violence against literally anything that has a pulse and is left of center to such degree that it feels like some of them are… happy about what happened?

Oh, a mixed metaphor I haven’t seen before!
#languagegeek

Eightile: unscramble the 8-letter word in time to win! Eightile is a daily word game where you unscramble progressively longer words. Find the eight letter word in time to win!

Well this is a cool new word game! 😃 #languagegeek

I solved today's Eightile in 95 seconds!
🟥🟦🟩
🟥🟧🟩🟦
🟧🟥⬛🟩🟦
🟥🟧🟩🟦🟪⬛
🟨🟥🟧🟩🟦🟪⬛
🟫🟥🟧🟨🟩🟦🟪⬛
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