Lady Butterfly she/her@reddthat.com to Casual UK@feddit.ukEnglish · 7 days agoClue is in the namereddthat.comimagemessage-square166linkfedilinkarrow-up1334arrow-down176
arrow-up1258arrow-down1imageClue is in the namereddthat.comLady Butterfly she/her@reddthat.com to Casual UK@feddit.ukEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square166linkfedilink
minus-squareFushuan [he/him]@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down5·6 days agoCool origin. Still an US thing if only people from the US do it. “The origin is British so it’s your fault we do it” sounds like “mom didn’t educate me so it’s her fault I’m a deadbeat - 40y.o. adult”. You are allowed to improve your language.
minus-squarestarik@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoWould it be an improvement? Languages are fluid, etymology is complicated, and things are called what they’re called.
Cool origin. Still an US thing if only people from the US do it.
“The origin is British so it’s your fault we do it” sounds like “mom didn’t educate me so it’s her fault I’m a deadbeat - 40y.o. adult”.
You are allowed to improve your language.
Would it be an improvement? Languages are fluid, etymology is complicated, and things are called what they’re called.