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[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago (1 child)

The joke is that the British, while slow, managed to learn

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[–] WalleyeWarrior@midwest.social 6 points 3 months ago

And yet my English uncles are constantly telling me about how many stones they weigh, and my English aunts sending recipes that say to turn my oven to "gas mark 4".

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