ContrarianTrail@lemm.ee to pics@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 个月前Grandmom asked me to sharpen her hatchet. What's worth doing is worth over-doingi.imgur.comimagemessage-square105fedilinkarrow-up1898arrow-down111
arrow-up1887arrow-down1imageGrandmom asked me to sharpen her hatchet. What's worth doing is worth over-doingi.imgur.comContrarianTrail@lemm.ee to pics@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 个月前message-square105fedilink
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down4·5 个月前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.
minus-squareteuniac_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down2·5 个月前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.
minus-squareEtterra@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·5 个月前That explains it. Nobody in America says that and we outnumber the next three native English speaking countries combined.
minus-squareℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 个月前India 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-up2·5 个月前I’m native to North Carolina and I’ve heard it before. But this country has 40 or 50 regional dialects. Probably more.
minus-squareLeate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 个月前Pollywag is a Gen 1 pokemon. All of those are fairly common words.
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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