• @[email protected]
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    523 days ago

    No, it’s definitely as uncommon as I think. Been on this planet 40 years and this is the firs time I’m hearing it. I’ve heard people way “pollywag” more often than this word.

    • @teuniac_
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      923 days ago

      It’s okay not to know. English is spoken in a lot of different places in different ways. I doubt that in your 40 years you’ve explored this.

      Google Trends shows that it’s most popular in Malaysia and the Philippines, relative to its use in other countries.

      • @Etterra
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        223 days ago

        That explains it. Nobody in America says that and we outnumber the next three native English speaking countries combined.

        • ℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝
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          422 days ago

          India uses English as a lingua franca, they have their own phrases, dialect and everything, and they outnumber the American continent combined.

        • @RangerJosie
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          222 days ago

          I’m native to North Carolina and I’ve heard it before.

          But this country has 40 or 50 regional dialects. Probably more.

        • @Jasonw911
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          122 days ago

          I did. And my family is from maryland.