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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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[–] Intralexical@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago (7 children)

…Am I not allowed to use "y'all", north of the 49th parallel? Do we have to bring back "thou" so "you" can be plural again? Or is this part of the Quebecois plot to force everyone to parler en français donc nous pouvons utiliser "vous"? C'est bien, anyway, j'suppose.

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fun fact:

"Thou" and "you" were the same word.

The "th" sound used to have its own character in written English called the thorn. When typefaces came along, it was excluded and sometimes replaced with a "y."

Also why "Ye" and "The" are the same.

[–] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago

Is it bad that I'm more bothered by "j'suppose" than the inclusion of "anyway"?

[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago

I hear it all the time. I use it sometimes

-just south of the 49*

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 4 points 1 year ago

Well, I'm doing my best to import it into the New Zealand vernacular, we are South of the 49th.

So, uh, I dunno.

[–] Matthew@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

It's not that it can't be used elsewhere. We just don't want Texas to take all the credit.

[–] hglman@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Take it from the south; it will kill them inside.

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

You can use yall but the "L"s are quieter the further north you go such that they're silent near the border

"How ya doin" is simply plural above the 49th