ContrarianTrail@lemm.ee to pics@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoGrandmom asked me to sharpen her hatchet. What's worth doing is worth over-doingi.imgur.comexternal-linkmessage-square105fedilinkarrow-up1899arrow-down111
arrow-up1888arrow-down1external-linkGrandmom asked me to sharpen her hatchet. What's worth doing is worth over-doingi.imgur.comContrarianTrail@lemm.ee to pics@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square105fedilink
minus-squareEtterra@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·3 months agoThat explains it. Nobody in America says that and we outnumber the next three native English speaking countries combined.
minus-squareℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months 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-up2·3 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-up1·3 months agoI did. And my family is from maryland.
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.