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-square101fedilinkarrow-up1400arrow-down16
arrow-up1394arrow-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-square101fedilink
minus-squareRangerJosie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·2 months agoNot as uncommon a phrase as you might think.
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down4·2 months 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-down2·2 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-down1·2 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-up4·2 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-up2·2 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-up1·2 months agoI did. And my family is from maryland.
minus-squareLeate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months 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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