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minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down9·2 months ago stepping foot Bone apple tea!
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up14·2 months agoStep foot is American for set foot.
minus-squarezarkanian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoAre you sure about that? I couldn’t find it in any dictionary.
minus-squareBJW@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·2 months agoLook at this person, putting American vernacular up on a petty stool.
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down5·2 months agoThey often get English wrong.
minus-squareBigBrownDog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoWe didn’t invent it. We made it less stuffy though. Black Americans made it cool.
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 months 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.
minus-squareBigBrownDog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down2·2 months agoPeople say that shit all the time, quit trying to feel smart online.
minus-squarezarkanian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoIt’s a boring malapropism, like when people say “chomping at the bit” (instead of “champing”).
minus-squareBigBrownDog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoIt’s not like I said “irregardless” or used “orgasm” instead of “organism”.
Bone apple tea!
Step foot is American for set foot.
Are you sure about that? I couldn’t find it in any dictionary.
Look at this person, putting American vernacular up on a petty stool.
They often get English wrong.
We didn’t invent it. We made it less stuffy though. Black Americans made it cool.
“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.
People say that shit all the time, quit trying to feel smart online.
It’s a boring malapropism, like when people say “chomping at the bit” (instead of “champing”).
It’s not like I said “irregardless” or used “orgasm” instead of “organism”.