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minus-squarelimer@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·5 months agoI grew up near the Appalachian segment of the USA southeast. This was an oft repeated phrase then. I did not even think about it while I read the comic. But methinks it’s going away in style. Everyone speaks high English here.
minus-squarelimer@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 months agoYea, I see it as a world wide trend in many languages: the dialects are going away
minus-squarelimer@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoThere are many cool terms and phrases just waiting to be spoken and written again. But yes Also apparently this particular op phrase lives on in some areas, going by that uk comment
I grew up near the Appalachian segment of the USA southeast. This was an oft repeated phrase then.
I did not even think about it while I read the comic. But methinks it’s going away in style. Everyone speaks high English here.
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Yea, I see it as a world wide trend in many languages: the dialects are going away
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There are many cool terms and phrases just waiting to be spoken and written again. But yes
Also apparently this particular op phrase lives on in some areas, going by that uk comment