How Do You Pronounce The "Read" In "Read Receipts"?
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2016 just got even MORE partisan.
Everyone knows that "read receipts" — the time stamp that shows up when you read someone's text message — are the creation of the devil and deserve their own episode of Black Mirror.
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But have you ever thought about how the "read" in "read receipts" can be pronounced two different ways: as the past tense, like "red," or present tense, like "reed"?
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On the one hand, you have to "reed" the text message for the time stamp to show up.
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But on the other hand, the time stamp doesn't show up until the text message has been "red."
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