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[โ€“] dr_robotBones@reddthat.com 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

So you talk like you're from the 19th century?

[โ€“] PugJesus@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago

"Any more, the difference between a white collar worker and a blue collar worker is simply a matter of shirt preference." (Madison, Wisconsin, 1973)[1]

"Everything we do anymore seems to have been done in a big hurry." (Kingston, Ontario, 1979)[1]

"I'll be getting six or seven days' holiday anymore." (Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1981)[4]

"Anymore we watch videos rather than go to the movies." (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, c. 1991)[12]

I was trying to emphasize that it was long-established, but here's the examples in the literal article I linked if you couldn't be arsed to click on it.