ContrarianTrail@lemm.ee to pics@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoGrandmom asked me to sharpen her hatchet. What's worth doing is worth over-doingi.imgur.comimagemessage-square21linkfedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down12
arrow-up129arrow-down1imageGrandmom asked me to sharpen her hatchet. What's worth doing is worth over-doingi.imgur.comContrarianTrail@lemm.ee to pics@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square21linkfedilink
minus-squareRangerJosie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoNot as uncommon a phrase as you might think.
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoNo, it’s definitely as uncommon as I think. Been on this planet 40 years and this is the firs time I’m hearing it. I’ve heard people way “pollywag” more often than this word.
minus-squareteuniac_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year 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-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoThat explains it. Nobody in America says that and we outnumber the next three native English speaking countries combined.
minus-squareℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIndia uses English as a lingua franca, they have their own phrases, dialect and everything, and they outnumber the American continent combined.
minus-squareJasonw911@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI did. And my family is from maryland.
Grandmom?
Not as uncommon a phrase as you might think.
No, it’s definitely as uncommon as I think. Been on this planet 40 years and this is the firs time I’m hearing it. I’ve heard people way “pollywag” more often than this word.
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.
India uses English as a lingua franca, they have their own phrases, dialect and everything, and they outnumber the American continent combined.
I did. And my family is from maryland.