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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

pray tell,

Why do you all talk like this

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's a common idiom that indicates skeptical disagreement.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Common among redditors, maybe

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've been using it since before reddit existed. You'd almost think that people from different areas talk differently.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I've been using it since before reddit existed

Yeah I can believe that too

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How is that hard to believe? I was already an adult when the Internet became open to the public. My basic speech patterns were pretty well set by then.

English is one of the most spoken languages on the planet. How is it you expect everyone to sound the same?

Maybe you should consider traveling.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)