ContrarianTrail to pics@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 days agoGrandmom asked me to sharpen her hatchet. What's worth doing is worth over-doingi.imgur.comimagemessage-square105fedilinkarrow-up1897arrow-down111
arrow-up1886arrow-down1imageGrandmom asked me to sharpen her hatchet. What's worth doing is worth over-doingi.imgur.comContrarianTrail to pics@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 days agomessage-square105fedilink
minus-squareRangerJosie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·22 days agoNot as uncommon a phrase as you might think.
minus-squareintensely_humanlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down4·22 days 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-up11arrow-down2·22 days 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-down1·22 days agoThat explains it. Nobody in America says that and we outnumber the next three native English speaking countries combined.
minus-squareℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·22 days agoIndia uses English as a lingua franca, they have their own phrases, dialect and everything, and they outnumber the American continent combined.
minus-squareRangerJosie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·21 days 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-up1·21 days agoI did. And my family is from maryland.
minus-squareLeate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·22 days agoPollywag is a Gen 1 pokemon. All of those are fairly common words.
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’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.
Pollywag is a Gen 1 pokemon. All of those are fairly common words.
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