TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months ago"ok, imagine a gun."sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square106fedilinkarrow-up1736arrow-down19
arrow-up1727arrow-down1image"ok, imagine a gun."sh.itjust.worksTriflingToad@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square106fedilink
minus-squareHonoraryMancunian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·4 months agoIt’s used in the UK too
minus-squarehaych@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoFortunately I can’t say I’ve ever met anyone who uses it. I believe it though, I’m seeing American-isms creep in to regular speech more and more. Can’t say I like it.
minus-squaretiramichu@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down1·4 months agoYes, because we invariably import whatever bollocks the US says or does.
minus-squareBluewing@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 months agoYep, and we thank you for the word soccer too.
minus-squaredream_weasel@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7·4 months agoWe don’t even SAY bollocks in the US.
minus-squaredoingthestuff@lemy.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoI literally had to look it up because I didn’t know what the word meant, that was just a couple of years ago. I’m a native speaker.
It’s used in the UK too
Fortunately I can’t say I’ve ever met anyone who uses it. I believe it though, I’m seeing American-isms creep in to regular speech more and more.
Can’t say I like it.
Yes, because we invariably import whatever bollocks the US says or does.
Yep, and we thank you for the word soccer too.
We don’t even SAY bollocks in the US.
I literally had to look it up because I didn’t know what the word meant, that was just a couple of years ago. I’m a native speaker.