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canthidium@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 years ago

What's the worst example of not "reading the room" you ever witnesses?

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What's the worst example of not "reading the room" you ever witnesses?

canthidium@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 years ago
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  • CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
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    Americans are obsessed with being different from England. See: Football / Soccer

    There’s a Christmas song that became a classic in the US largely because it was hated in England.

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      The English were the ones that created the term soccer. It grew in popularity in America as soccer, then eventually fell out of popularity in Britain. In fact, a lot of the differences between words in the US and Britain are that Brits started using a different version of the word and Americans kept using the old one. Not all, but a lot.

      Source: https://time.com/5335799/soccer-word-origin-england/

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      So one American circa 1776 decided “know what, mate? I think ‘fanny’ should refer to ass, not pussy”

      Why?

      “Coz fuck da bri’ish!!”

      🍻 🍻 👏🥂

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        Sounds like the most American thing I’ve ever heard.

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          Same guy also had a hatred for useless letter "u"s.

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            Nah, that’s just Americans being illiterate and obstinate about being corrected.

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              Naw we’re just efficient 😁

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                Do Americans spell ‘island’ with an ‘s’? Then it has nothing to do with efficiency.

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                  Shit. Got me.

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      …which one?

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