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• TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  …no. Non-US English speakers absolutely do not say gaol instead of jail lmao and haven’t for hundreds of years.

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  • Mr_Blott@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    How do you know we’re not secretly saying “gaol” but you’re hearing it as “jail”?

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• HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  downvotes of those that don’t know that’s actually a word.

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  • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s an archaic word that pretty much fell out of usage in the 1800s. People don’t say it. It’s a word in very much the same way forsooth or something is.

    That’s why I downvoted.

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    • Mr_Blott@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Fucksake man, can you genuinely not tell when someone is poking fun at you? Are you one of these types that need the /s, like the seppos do? 😂

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      • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        They were not being sarcastic.

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    • HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Recently saw Gaolor being played on Cats does Countdown so I think it counts.

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