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Dan Nguyen
@dancow.bsky.social
chicago area data journalist/scientist/wrangler, duolingo vietnamese language learner. the best chicago banh mi is at nhu lan on lawrence st. Formerly propublican and stanford
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NYT has comment sections for every Wordle and yesterday's Wordle was "MANGA"

"a Japanese genre consisting of comic books and
graphic novels, typically black-and-white and featuring
stylized characters with large, round eyes.'
Foul!
How many english speaking people would ever have
heard of this word?
Ok, the word is in Merriam W, but I have to say that I
take exception to a word that is so unEnglish (also not a
word), when there are so many English words that might
have been the answer. What's more, it is a Japanese
word that refers to something Japanese! It's enough to
put me off Wordle, not that anyone will notice, or, if they
did, care.
I just burst a 327 day streak and I think I am done. Not a
fair word imho. Or as someone else said. at least for us
golden oldies. I had also never heard of BANAK which
wordle accepted when I was playing with letters.
Have a nice wordle life everyone. I probably will not be
back. At least for awhile. And I will probably get two
hours more sleep a night
You whipped me. I guess I have to start acting my age!
Seriously- unless you're of Japanese
background, you may have never heard of this word. A real stretch here by the editors.
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AI400trix.bsky.social

My comment to my partner was that everyone under 30 would be mad about that one.

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MSsquishythings.com

deep breathing

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NLnatlyon.com

Please don’t tell Nikki that about 10% of the posts in the bluesky “discover” feed are manga.

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Todeliabonner.com

English etymology lol

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ZLjcw1.bsky.social

My kids (all 10 and younger) had trouble with this one, as well, but unlike the adults in the comments section, they didn't throw tantrums

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Ggnot.bsky.social

Goodbye Cruel Wordle 😂

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Bbriware.bsky.social

Beside the point, but they should get rid of streaks and other stats. Wordle should be much lower stakes than some people make it out to be.

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MGthemattgill2.bsky.social

exciting new type of guy who just found out about loanwords and is furious

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So lame of them to complain, as if all words are supposed to be ‘Merica based or some stupid shite. (Also, ANIME is often my starter word, and I got MANGA in 4 and I’m an older w lady.)

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Mmr-frisby-draws.bsky.social

I'm not going to act surprised, it is the NYT comment section. My deficit of Hope for humanity will grow a little bit however.

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Dan Nguyen
@dancow.bsky.social
chicago area data journalist/scientist/wrangler, duolingo vietnamese language learner. the best chicago banh mi is at nhu lan on lawrence st. Formerly propublican and stanford
2.3k followers842 following1k posts