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David Reiffel @reiffelmusic.bsky.social

Heros? (Google AI says it’s an accepted more modern spelling but it’s giving me shpilkes.)

sep 3, 2025, 5:04 pm • 4 0

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David Reiffel @reiffelmusic.bsky.social

Also, it was the word that got me to QB, and I spent a lot of time refusing to put it in and looking elsewhere before I muttered “David, just go ahead and try it” and voi-effing-là.

sep 3, 2025, 5:16 pm • 3 0 • view
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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social

I hate it. (Maybe it’s okay for sandwiches, but that’s it.)

sep 3, 2025, 5:19 pm • 4 0 • view
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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social

And it almost never shows up in print.

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sep 3, 2025, 6:12 pm • 1 0 • view
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Bebe Neuwirth (she/her) @bebeneuwirth.bsky.social

The people who spell it “heros” probably also spell it “hoagees.”

sep 4, 2025, 12:27 am • 12 0 • view
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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social

Also “Shavuoth.”

sep 4, 2025, 12:33 am • 2 0 • view