LazaroFilm@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoThis page in my kid’s book from school to learn how to read.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square122fedilinkarrow-up1674arrow-down119
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minus-squareTheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-27 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-up2·7 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
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