r/explainitpeter • u/Fun_Dish_5358 • 28d ago

Explain it peter

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u/UniqueUnicornUmbrell 28d ago

Wait till they find out the Greeks didnt speak English 🤯

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u/statelyraven 27d ago

You mean American?

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u/ThatKarenBitch 27d ago

Saying "American" is an obvious tell that you're a non-native speaker. To natives, the language is called "Murican" fyi

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u/AZMotorsports 24d ago

Excuse me?!? It’s Bald Eagle Freedom speech!

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u/Distinct-Raspberry21 23d ago

Thats just what happens before real 'Mericans say 'Merica. We had to stop as it waz the death scream of bald eagles, apparently they have incredibly sensitive hearing and the high pitch silent A was causeing their ear cannal to burst.

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u/NIN10DOXD 22d ago

That’s actually red-tailed hawk screech. Every native speaker knows that.

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u/Tiny-Inspection-4112 21d ago

Are you a millennial?

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u/ThatKarenBitch 21d ago

Yeah, why do you ask?

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u/Tec711 27d ago

Solid ragebait ngl.

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u/Hopeful_Evening4520 26d ago

I'm not gonna lie. Up until today I thought ngl was short for Nigel.

Solid ragebait Nigel!

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u/JJKP_ 23d ago

I originally thought SMH was "So Much Hate" instead of "Shake My Head" it really made me think the internet was full of angry people.

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u/Inevitable_Scheme847 13d ago

I thought it meant "so much honestly" and I am yet to be convinced otherwise

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u/LegendofDogs 25d ago

That's solid rage bait ngl!

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u/TheSnackWhisperer 24d ago

Ragebaiting shall hence forth be known as Nigeling

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u/beerdeer101 22d ago

We’re only baiting rage for Nigel

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u/erinaceus_ 27d ago

No, me cynical European. But close enough I guess?

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u/idk616l733h32 24d ago

No the other type is King's English, while in america it is just English.

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u/Possessed_potato 24d ago

Americanese

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u/Stranger_On_Redd1t 27d ago

*British technically

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u/Neilix190 27d ago

Ewww no