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Who decided to have the plug in ports at the eyes.

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[–] [email protected] 61 points 10 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 10 months ago

TIL, I wrote this off as cultural spelling.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Wait, for real?

TIL too.