Absolutely losing it after discovering what3words took control of the whatfreewords domain by arguing that "three" and "free" are indistinguishable when spoken.
In case you're not aware, one of the primary issues with what3words is addresses containing words that are indistinguishable from others when spoken: https://w3w.me.ss
@jonty hate hate hate W3W. I work in ecology and use GIS, I have Natural England asking if drone imagery can be referred to by W3W, people wanting to switch to it in biological data recording instead of the existing very very good and useful UK's Ordnance Survey co-ordinate reference system.
W3W just seems to have replaced the OS in people's heads. They don't understand why I can't use it in GIS. It's a nightmare. I cannot wait for W3W to go bust.
@SamJSharpe@coldclimate@jontyClearly the site replicating their service should be whatfourwords.tld, with the fourth word being the invariant "bullshit".
@CatherineFlick@jonty I'm from the midlands and I don't say "free" for 3, and I don't know anyone else that does. seems to be a weird stereotype, like that we say "hospicle" (it's "hospi'ul", with a glottal stop, not a hard C sound)
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