• daddyjones
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    57 months ago

    Who on earth calls their feet “dogs”? I’ve also never heard of “putting on the dog”, but that’s probably just because. 🐶

    • Flying SquidOP
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      117 months ago

      Calling feet dogs is outdated, but used to be pretty common, especially saying “my dogs are tired.” They even reference it in old cartoons. A character will take off their shoes and their feet will turn into barking dogs.

      • daddyjones
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        67 months ago

        AH yes - I thought it must be an American thing.

    • @JimmyChanga
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      37 months ago

      Only heard feet referred to as dogs in american tv, never in real life, the phrase “my dogs are barking” messing the person’sfeet were sore, bloody odd if you ask me

      • daddyjones
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        47 months ago

        Yeah - I reckon it must be an American thing.

    • @PrimeMinisterKeyes
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      7 months ago

      In Swiss German, slippers are called “finches”, so there’s that.