← Back to context Comment by tclancy 4 days ago First of all, you want "font". Second of all, don't do that. 8 comments tclancy Reply daemoncoder 4 days ago Or "fount" from older, non-American English. mikkupikku 4 days ago Fount is definitely more correct. If we're talking a baptismal font, then it's font, but if were talking a fount of knowledge, the correct term is fount with font sometimes being used but derived from fount.Etymology 1, meaning 3: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fountEtymology 3: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/font tclancy 4 days ago Thank you, I couldn’t remember which but I figured I’d hit Muphry’s Law either way. SirFatty 4 days ago Don't do what, exactly? tclancy 4 days ago Do not mix more than 1.00mL of chlorine with more than 0.00mL of bleach. ploprof 4 days ago Don't do what? tclancy 4 days ago Return VHS tapes without rewinding. gzread 4 days ago [dead]
daemoncoder 4 days ago Or "fount" from older, non-American English. mikkupikku 4 days ago Fount is definitely more correct. If we're talking a baptismal font, then it's font, but if were talking a fount of knowledge, the correct term is fount with font sometimes being used but derived from fount.Etymology 1, meaning 3: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fountEtymology 3: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/font tclancy 4 days ago Thank you, I couldn’t remember which but I figured I’d hit Muphry’s Law either way.
mikkupikku 4 days ago Fount is definitely more correct. If we're talking a baptismal font, then it's font, but if were talking a fount of knowledge, the correct term is fount with font sometimes being used but derived from fount.Etymology 1, meaning 3: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fountEtymology 3: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/font tclancy 4 days ago Thank you, I couldn’t remember which but I figured I’d hit Muphry’s Law either way.
tclancy 4 days ago Thank you, I couldn’t remember which but I figured I’d hit Muphry’s Law either way.
SirFatty 4 days ago Don't do what, exactly? tclancy 4 days ago Do not mix more than 1.00mL of chlorine with more than 0.00mL of bleach.
Or "fount" from older, non-American English.
Fount is definitely more correct. If we're talking a baptismal font, then it's font, but if were talking a fount of knowledge, the correct term is fount with font sometimes being used but derived from fount.
Etymology 1, meaning 3: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fount
Etymology 3: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/font
Thank you, I couldn’t remember which but I figured I’d hit Muphry’s Law either way.
Don't do what, exactly?
Do not mix more than 1.00mL of chlorine with more than 0.00mL of bleach.
Don't do what?
Return VHS tapes without rewinding.
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