• TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world
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      1 year 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
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        1 year 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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          1 year ago

          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.