• ByteOnBikes@discuss.online
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    Yep! And those hosts bend over backwards. Like here’s a spare room, here’s some local chocolates from our town chocolatier. I made these jerkies. You’re invited to our 8pm fireplace time and have s’mores.

    It was a real community. They still exist. But they’re overshadowed by shitty Airbnbs that want you to clean the gutters and mop the floors now for twice the price of a hotel.

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      jerkies

      Reading the plural form of “jerky” makes me feel oddly uneasy.

      Is that just like… several pieces of beef jerky or deer jerky?

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        Mass nouns and their use is one of the most difficult features in the English language for English as a second language learners.

        People do this with the word “code” all the time, and I have a strong urge to correct it. But I usually don’t.

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        I’m something of a jerkonnoisseur myself, and I have never considered the plural form of Jerky. This is like experiencing semantic satiation for the first time.