LadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agoWhy is this even political?piefed.cdn.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square23linkfedilinkarrow-up1121arrow-down12
arrow-up1119arrow-down1imageWhy is this even political?piefed.cdn.blahaj.zoneLadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square23linkfedilink
minus-squareBronzebeard@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 days agoYes, Brits call periods “full stops” and quotation makes “inverted commas”. So, complete insanity.
minus-squarebreadsmasher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·8 days ago… do periods or full stops function differently? or are they just different names for the same thing? inverted commas is an “older” phrasing to me, i havent heard that since school years ago (Im british).
minus-squareBronzebeard@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 days agoDo you call jokes something else there too?
Yes, Brits call periods “full stops” and quotation makes “inverted commas”. So, complete insanity.
… do periods or full stops function differently? or are they just different names for the same thing?
inverted commas is an “older” phrasing to me, i havent heard that since school years ago
(Im british).
Do you call jokes something else there too?