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[–] teuniac_ 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's okay not to know. English is spoken in a lot of different places in different ways. I doubt that in your 40 years you've explored this.

Google Trends shows that it's most popular in Malaysia and the Philippines, relative to its use in other countries.

[–] Etterra 2 points 3 months ago (3 children)

That explains it. Nobody in America says that and we outnumber the next three native English speaking countries combined.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

India uses English as a lingua franca, they have their own phrases, dialect and everything, and they outnumber the American continent combined.

[–] RangerJosie 2 points 3 months ago

I'm native to North Carolina and I've heard it before.

But this country has 40 or 50 regional dialects. Probably more.

[–] Jasonw911 1 points 3 months ago

I did. And my family is from maryland.