Okay maybe I’m exaggerating a bit.

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      14 days ago

      It’s one of my favorite pieces of spelling trivia.

      People assume it should be spelled “just desserts” because of the pronunciation. It’s spelled “just deserts” because it’s an antiquated noun derived from the same root as “deserve” (and it’s pronounced like that for the same reason).

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        13 days ago

        You sound like the type of person who defends the misspellings of words until it becomes accepted in dictionaries, so we no longer have a word to distinguish dirt from ice cream.

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            11 days ago

            When you see the word “desert,” do you automatically think of a sweet delicious treat? Or a barren wasteland of sand? Or do you go into a moment of mental gymnastics to determine the context and whether or not the writer gives a fuck about proper spelling?