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minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down9·2 days ago stepping foot Bone apple tea!
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 day ago“Bone apple tea” is nonsense. “Stepping foot” literally describes what is happening, just with a different wording. It’s like the difference between calling a “ladybug” a “ladybird” - it’s basically just regional dialect.
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up12·2 days agoStep foot is American for set foot.
minus-squarezarkanian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 day agoAre you sure about that? I couldn’t find it in any dictionary.
minus-squareBJW@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·2 days agoLook at this person, putting American vernacular up on a petty stool.
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down5·2 days agoThey often get English wrong.
minus-squareBigBrownDog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoWe didn’t invent it. We made it less stuffy though. Black Americans made it cool.
minus-squareBigBrownDog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down3·2 days agoPeople say that shit all the time, quit trying to feel smart online.
minus-squarezarkanian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 day agoIt’s a boring malapropism, like when people say “chomping at the bit” (instead of “champing”).
minus-squareBigBrownDog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoIt’s not like I said “irregardless” or used “orgasm” instead of “organism”.
Bone apple tea!
“Bone apple tea” is nonsense.
“Stepping foot” literally describes what is happening, just with a different wording.
It’s like the difference between calling a “ladybug” a “ladybird” - it’s basically just regional dialect.
Step foot is American for set foot.
Are you sure about that? I couldn’t find it in any dictionary.
Look at this person, putting American vernacular up on a petty stool.
They often get English wrong.
We didn’t invent it. We made it less stuffy though. Black Americans made it cool.
People say that shit all the time, quit trying to feel smart online.
It’s a boring malapropism, like when people say “chomping at the bit” (instead of “champing”).
It’s not like I said “irregardless” or used “orgasm” instead of “organism”.