Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoAs an English language pedant, I find this text message mildly infuriating.lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up189arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up177arrow-down1external-linkAs an English language pedant, I find this text message mildly infuriating.lemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square39fedilinkfile-text
That is not what “unstop” means. You unstop a drain that is clogged, you don’t unstop something you want to restart.
minus-squareviralJ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·5 days agoI don’t know, the MW defines unstop as “free from obstruction” or “remove a stopper”. You could say that the “stop” text functions as an obstruction or stopper, which you can remove in order to receive texts again.
I don’t know, the MW defines unstop as “free from obstruction” or “remove a stopper”. You could say that the “stop” text functions as an obstruction or stopper, which you can remove in order to receive texts again.