LazaroFilm@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoThis page in my kid’s book from school to learn how to read.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square127fedilinkarrow-up1707arrow-down119
arrow-up1688arrow-down1imageThis page in my kid’s book from school to learn how to read.lemmy.worldLazaroFilm@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square127fedilink
minus-squareTheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·edit-211 months 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-squareMr_Blott@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·11 months 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-squareTheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·11 months agoNo they weren’t, get your eyes checked, child.
minus-squareMr_Blott@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·11 months agoI’m so old I get my specs for free, you daftie
minus-squareTheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months 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.