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[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca -4 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

stepping foot

Bone apple tea!

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Step foot is American for set foot.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 weeks ago

Are you sure about that? I couldn't find it in any dictionary.

[–] Epp@lemmus.org 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Look at this person, putting American vernacular up on a petty stool.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca -3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They often get English wrong.

[–] BigBrownDog@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

We didn't invent it. We made it less stuffy though. Black Americans made it cool.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 weeks ago

"Bone apple tea" is nonsense.

"Stepping foot" literally describes what is happening, just with a different wording.

It's like the difference between calling a "ladybug" a "ladybird" - it's basically just regional dialect.

[–] BigBrownDog@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

People say that shit all the time, quit trying to feel smart online.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's a boring malapropism, like when people say "chomping at the bit" (instead of "champing").

[–] BigBrownDog@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

It's not like I said "irregardless" or used "orgasm" instead of "organism".