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[-] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago
[-] lateraltwo@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

South Florida resident here, it absolutely is.

[-] millifoo@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago

And the article has no audio! Ugh... even the embedded video is just text.

[-] stevedidWHAT@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago
[-] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Florid English

[-] Psychodelic@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

I'm voting for Floridinese

[-] BritishDuffer@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago

It's a hybrid of hillbilly, valley girl, inner city slang, and various grunts.

[-] Psychodelic@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

I think I read a comic about this once

[-] Ultragramps@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 10 months ago

The Idiocracy Prophecy strikes again.

[-] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 5 points 10 months ago

Oh, I've been told by native Spanish speakers that I do this in reverse. Direct translating American English idioms and phrasing into my spoken Spanish.

this post was submitted on 31 Dec 2023
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