ContrarianTrail@lemm.ee to pics@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoGrandmom asked me to sharpen her hatchet. What's worth doing is worth over-doingi.imgur.comimagemessage-square101fedilinkarrow-up1890
arrow-up1890imageGrandmom asked me to sharpen her hatchet. What's worth doing is worth over-doingi.imgur.comContrarianTrail@lemm.ee to pics@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square101fedilink
minus-squareRangerJosie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoNot as uncommon a phrase as you might think.
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 months agoNo, it’s definitely as uncommon as I think. Been on this planet 40 years and this is the firs time I’m hearing it. I’ve heard people way “pollywag” more often than this word.
minus-squareteuniac_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 months agoIt’s okay not to know. English is spoken in a lot of different places in different ways. I doubt that in your 40 years you’ve explored this. Google Trends shows that it’s most popular in Malaysia and the Philippines, relative to its use in other countries.
minus-squareLeate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoPollywag is a Gen 1 pokemon. All of those are fairly common words.
Grandmom?
Not as uncommon a phrase as you might think.
No, it’s definitely as uncommon as I think. Been on this planet 40 years and this is the firs time I’m hearing it. I’ve heard people way “pollywag” more often than this word.
It’s okay not to know. English is spoken in a lot of different places in different ways. I doubt that in your 40 years you’ve explored this.
Google Trends shows that it’s most popular in Malaysia and the Philippines, relative to its use in other countries.
Pollywag is a Gen 1 pokemon. All of those are fairly common words.
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