LazaroFilm to Mildly [email protected]English • 2 years agoThis page in my kid’s book from school to learn how to read.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square130arrow-up1714
arrow-up1695imageThis page in my kid’s book from school to learn how to read.lemmy.worldLazaroFilm to Mildly [email protected]English • 2 years agomessage-square130
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-2•edit-22 years agoThey were not being sarcastic. This is a common misconception from Americans who presumably just read some 300 year old poem or book in their English literature lessons and assume everybody still writes like that.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoThey were definitely being tongue in cheek. No need to get your skidmarked knickers in a twist over a flippant comment. Might want to work on your reading comprehension old chap
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish0•2 years agoNo they weren’t, get your eyes checked, child.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish0•2 years agoI’m so old I get my specs for free, you daftie
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoYes, I can see that. The dementia is already eating away at you.
They were not being sarcastic.
This is a common misconception from Americans who presumably just read some 300 year old poem or book in their English literature lessons and assume everybody still writes like that.
They were definitely being tongue in cheek. No need to get your skidmarked knickers in a twist over a flippant comment.
Might want to work on your reading comprehension old chap
No they weren’t, get your eyes checked, child.
I’m so old I get my specs for free, you daftie
Yes, I can see that. The dementia is already eating away at you.