Edit to say because I kinda feel bad now: I have nothing against English teachers! Please don’t send your mafia of learned lit nerds after me! …Or do, lit nerds are hot.

    • @elephantium
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      07 months ago

      That still doesn’t make a lick of sense in this context. It has the feel of someone picking the wrong word entirely.

      • @[email protected]
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        7 months ago

        just agree to disagree I guess? I considered circumvent which is similar, but really there’s little etymological or metaphorical difference except personal preference

        but also it might be an EN-UK vs EN-US thing (I grew up in England)

        • @elephantium
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          17 months ago

          EN-UK vs EN-US thing

          That might be it. Circumvent in this context would make perfect sense to me, but circumnavigate threw me for a loop.