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minus-squarefaythofdragons@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·13 hours agoNo, alpha is the anglicization of the first letter of the greek alphabet. It doesn’t mean ‘first’ any more than the letter A does.
minus-squareMulligrubs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-239 minutes agoYou’re wrong according to any dictionary ever printed, sorry. It has more than one definition, and one of those is “first”, and you must accept that as fact.
minus-squarefaythofdragons@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·38 minutes agoIn correct. “It” does have many definitions, but none of them are ‘first’.
minus-squareMulligrubs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-231 minutes agoYou’re wrong, according to the definition, anyway. You should let Oxford know that you know better! I’m sure they will crown you as king. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alpha
minus-squarefaythofdragons@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·29 minutes agoI see that my definition comes before yours, so I am king.
minus-squareMulligrubs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-226 minutes agoThat’s neat! A heavy crown to bear. I’m glad you learned something today… now go forth, and sin no more. You could say… that your favorite definition is the “alpha” of definitions.
No, alpha is the anglicization of the first letter of the greek alphabet. It doesn’t mean ‘first’ any more than the letter A does.
You’re wrong according to any dictionary ever printed, sorry.
It has more than one definition, and one of those is “first”, and you must accept that as fact.
In correct. “It” does have many definitions, but none of them are ‘first’.
You’re wrong, according to the definition, anyway. You should let Oxford know that you know better! I’m sure they will crown you as king.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alpha
I see that my definition comes before yours, so I am king.
That’s neat! A heavy crown to bear.
I’m glad you learned something today… now go forth, and sin no more.
You could say… that your favorite definition is the “alpha” of definitions.