Karlillo@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 9 months agoWhat'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 · 9 months agomessage-square122fedilink
minus-squarepearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 months agoI 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-up1·9 months agoOne 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.