@[email protected] to [email protected] • 2 months agoThey didn't have 32oz Mountain Dew Baja Blast eitherlemmy.worldimagemessage-square72fedilinkarrow-up1246cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1246imageThey didn't have 32oz Mountain Dew Baja Blast eitherlemmy.world@[email protected] to [email protected] • 2 months agomessage-square72fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 month ago….from the people that butchered the English language.
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilink2•1 month agoCan English be butchered? It’s already a wildly inconsistent frappe of Frisian, Latin, Greek, and French.
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilink2•1 month agoI won’t stand behind the American dialect as some kind of paragon of linguistic virtue, but it’s hardly butchering the language if we’re already cool with cockney and whatever the hell it is bogans are speaking.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 month agoI was being mildly amusing/tongue in cheek.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 month agoNo worries mate. Can be hard to detect tone in text. Plus I should think a certain type of person will say this seriously.
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilink2•1 month agoThanks for being understanding. I’m still acclimating to Lemmy’s civility.
….from the people that butchered the English language.
Can English be butchered? It’s already a wildly inconsistent frappe of Frisian, Latin, Greek, and French.
Yes. The American version.
I won’t stand behind the American dialect as some kind of paragon of linguistic virtue, but it’s hardly butchering the language if we’re already cool with cockney and whatever the hell it is bogans are speaking.
I was being mildly amusing/tongue in cheek.
My mistake. Please carry on.
No worries mate. Can be hard to detect tone in text.
Plus I should think a certain type of person will say this seriously.
Thanks for being understanding. I’m still acclimating to Lemmy’s civility.