Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 month agoIt's amazing so many people are able to use English as a second language.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square86fedilinkarrow-up1944arrow-down110
arrow-up1934arrow-down1imageIt's amazing so many people are able to use English as a second language.lemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square86fedilink
minus-squareTheme@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoUnimportant extra: it’s not a calque in British English, because we don’t use it (to the best of my knowledge). Like a potluck, we have the concept but not a word for it, and we don’t use the American phrases either We have a car boot sale, but that’s literal There’s probably regional exceptions
Unimportant extra: it’s not a calque in British English, because we don’t use it (to the best of my knowledge). Like a potluck, we have the concept but not a word for it, and we don’t use the American phrases either
We have a car boot sale, but that’s literal
There’s probably regional exceptions