HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml to Programmer Humor@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 days agoWhy make it complicated?imagemessage-square52linkfedilinkarrow-up1109arrow-down117file-textcross-posted to: programmer_humor@programming.dev
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minus-squarecharje@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days agoits makes more sense to say “a pizza slice”. using “of” in this way is from french.
minus-squareEager Eagle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·3 days agopersonally, I’ve heard a lot more “bottle of water” than “water bottle” in the US this “reads from left to right” really doesn’t hold up
minus-squaremelvisntnormal@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 days agoThis might be getting into the weeds a little, but to me, “bottle of water” implies a single-use bottle already filled with water, while “water bottle” implies a bottle that is made to be (re)filled with water
its makes more sense to say “a pizza slice”. using “of” in this way is from french.
personally, I’ve heard a lot more “bottle of water” than “water bottle” in the US
this “reads from left to right” really doesn’t hold up
This might be getting into the weeds a little, but to me, “bottle of water” implies a single-use bottle already filled with water, while “water bottle” implies a bottle that is made to be (re)filled with water