LazaroFilm@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoThis page in my kid’s book from school to learn how to read.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square127fedilinkarrow-up1676arrow-down117
arrow-up1659arrow-down1imageThis page in my kid’s book from school to learn how to read.lemmy.worldLazaroFilm@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square127fedilink
minus-squareTheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·edit-21 year agoThey were not being sarcastic. This is a common misconception from Americans who presumably just read some 300 year old poem or book in their English literature lessons and assume everybody still writes like that.
minus-squareMr_Blott@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoThey were definitely being tongue in cheek. No need to get your skidmarked knickers in a twist over a flippant comment. Might want to work on your reading comprehension old chap
minus-squareTheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoNo they weren’t, get your eyes checked, child.
minus-squareMr_Blott@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·1 year agoI’m so old I get my specs for free, you daftie
minus-squareTheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoYes, I can see that. The dementia is already eating away at you.
They were not being sarcastic.
This is a common misconception from Americans who presumably just read some 300 year old poem or book in their English literature lessons and assume everybody still writes like that.
They were definitely being tongue in cheek. No need to get your skidmarked knickers in a twist over a flippant comment.
Might want to work on your reading comprehension old chap
No they weren’t, get your eyes checked, child.
I’m so old I get my specs for free, you daftie
Yes, I can see that. The dementia is already eating away at you.