platitood t1_itedzk3 wrote on October 23, 2022 at 12:30 AM

Reply to comment by ElTontoDelPueblo in TIL about the famous American novelist Winston Churchill who was the reason why the British prime minister referred to himself as Winston Spencer Churchill. They met on occasion, but gradually Spencer Churchill’s rise to power steamrolled the American into obscurity. by OneLastConquest

Are you comparing a cheeky letter with extra formality added for effect written by a master of the English language, to your work emails?

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Pbadger8 t1_itfkhqx wrote on October 23, 2022 at 7:37 AM

That’s a really weird and rude way to respond, dude…

It’s a valid observation that sheer volume of correspondence humans have with eachother in the 21st century might… you know, influence how we talk and write compared to correspondence in 1899.