▲ 899 ▼ This guy has a ton of 13yo fans (thelemmy.club) submitted 1 month ago by VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world 157 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] rainwall@piefed.social 34 points 1 month ago* (1 child) May not be common, but I've heard it in american slang. I think its more an old carry over from telegrams that never quite left our shared language. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] T156@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 child) Did telegrams use full-stop? They pretty much only used STOP, no? It seems more likely that your man picked it up from a British influence, like a friend or something. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PanGodofPanic@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 1 month ago (1 child) I've been hearing it in regular language for 30 years now across all of lower Michigan and upper Wisconsin. It's very decidedly present in American English, thought it might be less common than in Britain. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago I hear it all the time in New England, full stop permalink fedilink source parent
[–] T156@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 child) Did telegrams use full-stop? They pretty much only used STOP, no? It seems more likely that your man picked it up from a British influence, like a friend or something. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PanGodofPanic@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 1 month ago (1 child) I've been hearing it in regular language for 30 years now across all of lower Michigan and upper Wisconsin. It's very decidedly present in American English, thought it might be less common than in Britain. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago I hear it all the time in New England, full stop permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PanGodofPanic@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 1 month ago (1 child) I've been hearing it in regular language for 30 years now across all of lower Michigan and upper Wisconsin. It's very decidedly present in American English, thought it might be less common than in Britain. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago I hear it all the time in New England, full stop permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago I hear it all the time in New England, full stop permalink fedilink source parent
