Comment on How the use of a word in the Guardian has gotten some readers upset
Zip2@feddit.uk 3 days agoGet out, and stay out. Please.
Gotten should be consigned to the history books. Along with “write me”, “light something on fire” and numerous other Americanisms.
GLC@feddit.uk 2 days ago
Why did you start this post with the American phrase “Rookie mistake”? You probably thought that it pithily encapsulated something to do with your point. Or maybe you’re just a… what is it you young people say? A “memelord”?
Zip2@feddit.uk 2 days ago
No one is sure where the term “rookie” comes from. Its first noted usage was in 1892 by Rudyard Kipling, referring to recruits in the British Army.
GLC@feddit.uk 2 days ago
And “Rookie Mistake”? Is that Kipling too?
Zip2@feddit.uk 2 days ago
No idea, I was too busy tiktoking his cake recipes with my fellow kids.