Karlillo@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 年前What's some common knowledge that you just found out recently?message-squaremessage-square122fedilinkarrow-up1127arrow-down16
arrow-up1121arrow-down1message-squareWhat's some common knowledge that you just found out recently?Karlillo@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 年前message-square122fedilink
minus-squarepearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 年前I thought it was “for all intensive purposes” until I finally came across it while reading, and I was reading a book a week for well over a decade at that point. That’s just the way it’s pronounced down here.
minus-squareHamartiogonic@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 年前One step closer to the origin: “to all intents and purposes”. If I use that, people are definitely going to look at me weird.
I thought it was “for all intensive purposes” until I finally came across it while reading, and I was reading a book a week for well over a decade at that point. That’s just the way it’s pronounced down here.
One step closer to the origin: “to all intents and purposes”. If I use that, people are definitely going to look at me weird.