Doomladen@lemmy.worldtoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•What is something that sounds 100% false but is actually 100% true?English
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1 year agoThe first fax machine was invented years before the first telephone.
The first fax machine was invented years before the first telephone.
The first can/tin opener wasn’t invented until about 75 years after canned food started being produced. During that time, people used hammers and chisels to open cans.
Whilst it is very obviously wrong, it is at least consistent with how we pronounce ‘base’. English is weird.