downvotes of those that don’t know that’s actually a word.
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dylanTheDeveloper@lemmy.world 10 months agoBrought to you by the people who spell jail as gaol
HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 10 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.
Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 10 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? 😂
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 10 months ago
They were not being sarcastic.
HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Recently saw Gaolor being played on Cats does Countdown so I think it counts.
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 10 months ago
…no. Non-US English speakers absolutely do not say gaol instead of jail lmao and haven’t for hundreds of years.
Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 10 months ago
How do you know we’re not secretly saying “gaol” but you’re hearing it as “jail”?