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A common tater is a russet potato.

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[–] criitz@reddthat.com 15 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I'm down with ditching it in favor of commenter. But I do see why it exists. To commentate is to continuously comment on something. The person's job is to commentate, not just to comment.

[–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee -5 points 9 months ago

You mother is commenpotato.

[–] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Unless it's a female commenter.

Then it's commentatrix.

[–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee -3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

My mother in law is a commentatrix.

[–] Eggyhead@kbin.social 5 points 9 months ago

Oh, we’ve all been aware of that for quite some time now.

[–] FrickAndMortar@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Unironically, I totally agree. Commentator is dumb and redundant, commenter is the superior alternative.

Just because you do it for a living, doesn’t mean that it’s a different title; a carpenter doesn’t become a carpentator because it’s a paying job. A pilot doesn’t become a pilotator when they get paid for it.

[–] SuperIce@lemmy.world 29 points 9 months ago

Commentators don't comment though, they commentate.

Comment ≠ commentate

[–] anarchrist@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 9 months ago (2 children)
[–] WalrusByte@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] bstix@feddit.dk 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] WalrusByte@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 5 points 9 months ago

APOTATOCALYPSE!

[–] Eggyhead@kbin.social 4 points 9 months ago

WHAT’S TATOR, PRECIOUS??

[–] Chadus_Maximus@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago

Commentationeer