@lefthandbass59@cupoftea.social
Post #1534939
2026-04-22 16:04 UTC
@Z_Zed_Zed@universeodon.com
Interesting.... several people in the US have said they've never heard this word. I think it's a fairly common word in the context in which it would be used. Perhaps it's British terminology?
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@Z_Zed_Zed@universeodon.com 2026-04-22 16:12
@lefthandbass59@cupoftea.social I ran across it in a Stats text book before. Merriam-Webster doesn't say "chiefly British," but we don't use drams much anymore as a unit in the US, a half note is usually called a half note, and for "something very minute" I think most Americans would go with "minute," "tiny," or "very small." M-W online has that "recent examples" feature and it only shows 2, both from 2017, and one is Latin. So not a word seen in the wild in the US.