Akemi: Stocks have flateaued.
Me: Plateaued. It's PLATeaued.
Akemi: But isn't it flat.
Me: Maybe, but there's not such thing as FLATeaued.
Akemi: WUT???!
Reminiscent of the "Happy DELAYTED Birthday" revelation.
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Akemi is right. I nominated that we make "fleateaued" a real word. Is it more bizarre than any of the other quirks of the English language?
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Most plateaus are flat too. I have learned to live with alternate words. My daughter does it all the time. Headface (forehead), shelbow (shoulder), etc. this is from a college age person studying to be a PR major. ๐ค
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You should share some fun ones in the other direction
My personal best was taking an American aside at a Japanese trade show to explain the difference between ๅฆๅฅณ and ๅฐๅฅณ and why you need to be careful :)
Holding that โohโ is important ;)
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Lost in translation.
As long as she knows what she meant that's all that matters.
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Does getting your foot run over by an SUV count as "Flat-Toed"? Cause that's what my wife did to me 12 years ago lol
