Show HN: I made an Animal Crossing style letter editor

Post by ShawWang » Sun, Aug 31, 2025, 4:46 AM UTC

Post by Podrod » Sun, Aug 31, 2025, 8:52 AM UTC

AndrewOMartin wrote: post #32

siliconpotato wrote: post #11

stationary means not-moving stationery means envelopes and letters and stuff. you can remember this as "E for envelope"

Funnily enough, I think this is because in Medieval times the most common state for traders and merchants was to be mobile and traveling. It was only the guys selling stuff to universities (like the medieval equivalents of ink, pens, paper, envelopes) who had such a valuable and regular customer that they could afford to set up a station[ae]ry shop! Now I write it out sounds unbelievable, and I can't think of a reput…

Post by slonik » Mon, Sep 01, 2025, 3:17 PM UTC

IdreesInc wrote: post #27

Hello all! I posted this last week and didn't realize it would stay in the moderation queue for so long, so imagine my surprise when I started getting notified for so many messages today! Thanks for all of the lovely messages thrown into the sea, I've parsed through today's batch and pushed through the moderated ones. Hope you all continue to enjoy the project!