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minus-squareStupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down3·edit-211 days agoWhen Americans cannot fathom that the same word has different regional meanings. “So fries here means sticks of fried potatoes?” “No, fries means fries.” Given their knowledge of the “one true English”, I wonder how they’d feel about my sharing a fag with a hooker at the park this past Saturday.
When Americans cannot fathom that the same word has different regional meanings.
Given their knowledge of the “one true English”, I wonder how they’d feel about my sharing a fag with a hooker at the park this past Saturday.