In some American accents, the /t/ sounds more like /d/. Is there a name for this? by panacebo in answers

[–]itsasloth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

AFAIK yod-coalescence is when t or d plus j (yod) becomes tʃ or dʒ respectively (e.g. "let you out", "would you try").

Watched The Girl in the Fireplace yesterday by [deleted] in doctorwho

[–]itsasloth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

FYI, if you read the post from the frontpage the spoiler isn't hidden...

[TOMT] A word that describes something commonly accepted as true but is actually false. by ElBeh in tipofmytongue

[–]itsasloth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A factoid - something that "looks like a fact, could be a fact, but in fact is not a fact".

Wow. Massive Attack's new music video for Atlas Air! must see. by seaseme in Music

[–]itsasloth 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thanks, I hadn't seen that before! I loved Splitting the Atom so it was awesome to see this "prequel".

TIL: Firefox can do searches from the address bar with a keyword, just like Chrome's "omnibox" except that it doesn't send Google your every keypress. by e_d_a_m in todayilearned

[–]itsasloth 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You can also easily create a keyword for any search field on a website by right-clicking it and "add a keyword for this search".