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minus-square@Aussiemandeus@aussie.zonelinkfedilink17•4 days agoHuh, it’s common as in Australia. Never thought of it as an Australian word. Odds are it has its roots in England though I guess
minus-squareDragon Rider (drag)linkfedilinkEnglish11•4 days agoIn Harry Potter, an English book, the Dursleys are from Little Whinging, because Rowling has no imagination.
minus-square@pencil_nerd@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglish6•4 days agoI’ll take that as canon given her other extremely obvious names
minus-square@Jamablaya@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglish-2•4 days agoAre you one of those people that whinged about Marvel having a character named Wong, when the actor who portrayed Wong, was named Wong?
minus-square@pencil_nerd@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglish4•4 days agoWhat? No. What does that have to do with anything? I’m talking about names like Draco Malfoy.
minus-square@Aussiemandeus@aussie.zonelinkfedilink5•4 days agoShe didn’t plagiarise all of Harry potter though so she must have some imagination. Creatively bankrupt might be more apt
minus-squareDragon Rider (drag)linkfedilinkEnglish5•4 days agoRowling’s goblins? Based on a racist caricature The house elves? Wouldn’t you know it, also based on a racist caricature Centaurs? You guessed it! Based on a racist caricature!
minus-square@Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilink5•edit-24 days agoMy Geordie friend uses it a lot, I think you’re right on the money. (Geordies are from the region around Newcastle upon Tyne from what he told me, so part of northern England)
minus-square@pixeltree@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilink4•4 days agoI love how watching taskmaster has given me knowledge of different accents
minus-square@limelight79@lemm.eelinkfedilink1•3 days agoI first heard it in the US in 2006 and had to ask what it meant.
minus-square@IMongoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink3•4 days agoIt’s like these people don’t even watch bluey smh my head
minus-squareAndylinkfedilink2•3 days agoYeah, somehow there really do be people who haven’t seen bluey. Crazy. It’s 2025 people.
Huh, it’s common as in Australia.
Never thought of it as an Australian word. Odds are it has its roots in England though I guess
In Harry Potter, an English book, the Dursleys are from Little Whinging, because Rowling has no imagination.
I’ll take that as canon given her other extremely obvious names
Are you one of those people that whinged about Marvel having a character named Wong, when the actor who portrayed Wong, was named Wong?
What? No. What does that have to do with anything? I’m talking about names like Draco Malfoy.
She didn’t plagiarise all of Harry potter though so she must have some imagination. Creatively bankrupt might be more apt
Rowling’s goblins? Based on a racist caricature
The house elves? Wouldn’t you know it, also based on a racist caricature
Centaurs? You guessed it! Based on a racist caricature!
My Geordie friend uses it a lot, I think you’re right on the money.
(Geordies are from the region around Newcastle upon Tyne from what he told me, so part of northern England)
I love how watching taskmaster has given me knowledge of different accents
I first heard it in the US in 2006 and had to ask what it meant.
It’s like these people don’t even watch bluey smh my head
Yeah, somehow there really do be people who haven’t seen bluey. Crazy. It’s 2025 people.