▲ 568 ▼ Zeus's only son (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world [M] to c/historymemes@lemmy.world 33 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (5 children) *earnestness* cough permalink fedilink source hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago Hey Vern permalink fedilink source parent [–] glimse@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago Well, they never claimed to have a degree in English permalink fedilink source parent [–] L0rdMathias@sh.itjust.works -1 points 2 years ago (2 children) And while we're on it: "I had a man tell me..." So this dude didn't tell you this on their own, but instead you made them tell you this? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) "I had a [noun] [verb]" is a perfectly fine colloquialism for "a [noun] [verbed] (in a way that affected me)." It's very common in the parts of the US I've lived in, at least. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] L0rdMathias@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago Hmm yeah. I was looking at it from a narrow perspective that didn't take popularity into account. Good point. Americans basically set the standards for the English language in the modern era, so that way would be the correct way to go about it nowadays wouldn't it? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] glimse@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago Well, they never claimed to have a degree in English permalink fedilink source parent
[–] L0rdMathias@sh.itjust.works -1 points 2 years ago (2 children) And while we're on it: "I had a man tell me..." So this dude didn't tell you this on their own, but instead you made them tell you this? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) "I had a [noun] [verb]" is a perfectly fine colloquialism for "a [noun] [verbed] (in a way that affected me)." It's very common in the parts of the US I've lived in, at least. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] L0rdMathias@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago Hmm yeah. I was looking at it from a narrow perspective that didn't take popularity into account. Good point. Americans basically set the standards for the English language in the modern era, so that way would be the correct way to go about it nowadays wouldn't it? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) "I had a [noun] [verb]" is a perfectly fine colloquialism for "a [noun] [verbed] (in a way that affected me)." It's very common in the parts of the US I've lived in, at least. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] L0rdMathias@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago Hmm yeah. I was looking at it from a narrow perspective that didn't take popularity into account. Good point. Americans basically set the standards for the English language in the modern era, so that way would be the correct way to go about it nowadays wouldn't it? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] L0rdMathias@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago Hmm yeah. I was looking at it from a narrow perspective that didn't take popularity into account. Good point. Americans basically set the standards for the English language in the modern era, so that way would be the correct way to go about it nowadays wouldn't it? permalink fedilink source parent
