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Identi.ca pushes forward

Posted Jul 9, 2009 18:15 UTC (Thu) by rjdymond (subscriber, #51625)
In reply to: Identi.ca pushes forward by evanpro
Parent article: Identi.ca pushes forward

Another minor quibble about the article: "one-year anniversary"? I don't like this new, redundant "x-year anniversary" idiom. "Anniversary" already has the "year" concept built in, so "first/second/third etc. anniversary" is sufficient.

Thank you for listening. :)

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Posted Jul 9, 2009 19:02 UTC (Thu) by felixfix (subscriber, #242) [Link]

"Anniversary" may have had its roots in yearly intervals, but it is increasingly used otherwise. It is like guitar morphing into electric and acoustic. For the time being, an unqualified "anniversary" is probably thought of as yearly by most people, but it is changing. I suspect that within 5 years, it will not default to yearly intervals in general perception.