ContrarianTrail@lemm.ee to pics@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoGrandmom asked me to sharpen her hatchet. What's worth doing is worth over-doingi.imgur.comexternal-linkmessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up1656arrow-down110
arrow-up1646arrow-down1external-linkGrandmom asked me to sharpen her hatchet. What's worth doing is worth over-doingi.imgur.comContrarianTrail@lemm.ee to pics@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square55fedilink
minus-squareteuniac_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down2·4 months agoIt’s okay not to know. English is spoken in a lot of different places in different ways. I doubt that in your 40 years you’ve explored this. Google Trends shows that it’s most popular in Malaysia and the Philippines, relative to its use in other countries.
minus-squareEtterra@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·4 months agoThat explains it. Nobody in America says that and we outnumber the next three native English speaking countries combined.
minus-squareRangerJosie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoI’m native to North Carolina and I’ve heard it before. But this country has 40 or 50 regional dialects. Probably more.
minus-squareJasonw911@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoI did. And my family is from maryland.
It’s okay not to know. English is spoken in a lot of different places in different ways. I doubt that in your 40 years you’ve explored this.
Google Trends shows that it’s most popular in Malaysia and the Philippines, relative to its use in other countries.
That explains it. Nobody in America says that and we outnumber the next three native English speaking countries combined.
I’m native to North Carolina and I’ve heard it before.
But this country has 40 or 50 regional dialects. Probably more.
I did. And my family is from maryland.