The mandate, issued Monday, requires all truckers operating on U.S. highways to be able to read traffic signs and communicate with law enforcement and safety officials.
We’re also the least fussy about language use, which is why the highly upvoted prescritivist pedantry I run across around lemmy occasionally is so jarring
Who would have guess that my English degree will be a prerequisite to become a truck driver.
*guessed
guesseded*
I have the flu and I smoke weed so clearly I’m pretty flu-ent and I guesseded that in know betterest.
Hahaha touché
No, that’s French.
If there’s one thing I know about English majors, it’s that they enjoy all words jokes.
We’re also the least fussy about language use, which is why the highly upvoted prescritivist pedantry I run across around lemmy occasionally is so jarring
ed: not talking about your comment here
*prescriptivist
It’s a joke, entirely about the pedantry you aptly observe.
They’ll have you writing poems to be a ditch digger.
Not if they’re autistic.