Karlillo@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 11 months agoWhat's some common knowledge that you just found out recently?message-squaremessage-square125fedilinkarrow-up1126arrow-down16
arrow-up1120arrow-down1message-squareWhat's some common knowledge that you just found out recently?Karlillo@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square125fedilink
minus-squarepearsaltchocolatebarlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 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-up1·11 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.