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This is not anecdotal. It did happen. To me. Multiple times.

Follow-up question: DO YOU KNOW WHAT AN ANECDOTE IS?

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Date: 2015-12-04 04:49 pm (UTC)
redbird: closeup of me drinking tea, in a friend's kitchen (Default)
From: [personal profile] redbird
I suspect they think "anecdote" means "only happened once."

Date: 2015-12-04 09:03 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] andrewducker
In my experience people use "anecdote" to mean "hearsay" or possibly "something I heard from someone, passed along".

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