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minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up61·8 months agoTIL that “mannequin” and “manikin” are not just two different spellings of the same word, but do, in fact, differentiate between an unposable statue that displays clothing and a model that attempts to be anatomically accurate and/or posable. English is weird as fuck.
minus-squareTragicNotCute@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·8 months agoTIL, I wrote this off as cultural spelling.
minus-squareFakeGreekGirl@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 months agoWait, for real? TIL too.
TIL that “mannequin” and “manikin” are not just two different spellings of the same word, but do, in fact, differentiate between an unposable statue that displays clothing and a model that attempts to be anatomically accurate and/or posable.
English is weird as fuck.
TIL, I wrote this off as cultural spelling.
Wait, for real?
TIL too.