minus-squareben16w@lemmy.worldtoShowerthoughts@lemmy.world•It must confuse English learners to hear phrases like, "I'm home", instead of "I am at home." We don't say I'm school, or I'm post office.linkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 months agoOne of my favourites to think about is “How are you?”. Taken literally that question makes no sense. “How are you?” “Well one day my parents had sex and I sort of grew from there…” linkfedilink
minus-squareben16w@lemmy.worldtoProgrammer Humor@programming.dev•Linux Best Practiceslinkfedilinkarrow-up27·1 year agoBut I’m French? linkfedilink
One of my favourites to think about is “How are you?”. Taken literally that question makes no sense. “How are you?” “Well one day my parents had sex and I sort of grew from there…”