I started saying “US of A” out loud because of internet memeing and one time it slipped during a (non-English) language class. I genuinely didn’t clock why people were laughing. I didn’t register I said that instead of the proper way.
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Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
Saw a student once using the term “Port of Guesses” unironically in a final submission.
Like, how do you fuck up that badly that you don’t notice that? I mean obviously it was just laziness, but still.
So now I’ve got a minecraft village named the Port of Guesses in honor of that nonsense lol
AbsolutelyClawless@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Raiderkev@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Baizey@feddit.dk 2 weeks ago
VERY NICE
Coconut1233@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Genuinely - as a non-American - what’s wrong with saying “US of A”?
MrEff@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Because of our American exceptionalism we forgot we were a part OF the americas. So now we are THE USA. Hope that helps.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Nothing. I’ve heard it used occasionally for decades.
AbsolutelyClawless@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
I meant to write “US and A” like the above comment pointed out 😄 But either way, if inserted out loud in while speaking a non-English language, it’s weird. Especially if people you talk to aren’t chronically online, lol. Imagine speaking German and then unironically saying “US and A” in English.
Rooster326@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
Almost as bad as that report for “Youth in Asia”
save_the_humans@leminal.space 2 weeks ago
Or that neurodegenerative disease the elderly get, “old timers”
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
“They tell us how to run our lives, we run for youth in Asia!”
– David Mustaine before proof reading the lyrics of one of the best albums in the history of music
Bombastic@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
“Yeah, they gave it to some kid in china or something”
Danquebec@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
What does it correspond to?
wieson@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
Euthanasia
Passerby6497@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
For the longest time as a kid I really wanted to know why my church cared so much about Asian kids.