CitizenWald,
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I realize that campus tensions are sky-high now regarding the issue of and in , so forgive me for raising a particularly sensitive and controversial issue:

Can anyone tell me why, all of a sudden, educated people are writing "protestor" rather than "protester" ?!

_L1vY_,
@_L1vY_@mstdn.social avatar

@CitizenWald
It's taking a sudden turn back from obsolescence, I guess?

https://www.oed.com/dictionary/protestor_n?tab=factsheet#27953278

tkinias,
@tkinias@historians.social avatar

@CitizenWald
Hmm. That’s a good question, professer!

inquiline,
@inquiline@union.place avatar

@tkinias @CitizenWald I'm not sure who to ask about this, it's hard to distinguish protesters from impostors

(that's the one that always, always trips me up)

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