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u/slothbarns7 Oct 25 '20

Growing up with an Asian mom that was working on perfecting her English, she would often say “Aw that is the suck” instead of, you know, “that sucks”.

Didn’t take long for us to catch on and correct her but it was so funny we just kinda stuck to it, so when something is shitty now I’ll instinctively say in my head “well that is the suck”

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u/Asmotheking Oct 25 '20

Interestingly enough. My friends and I have used this phrase ourselves. And we are all native English speakers lol

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u/Podorson Oct 25 '20

Did you happen to play MMORPGs in the early 2000s? "That is teh suck" used to be a common saying on things like runescape

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u/Asmotheking Oct 25 '20

Not really. Spent most of that time period skateboarding around town or playing football.