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minus-squareL0rdMathias@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 day agoAnd while we’re on it: “I had a man tell me…” So this dude didn’t tell you this on their own, but instead you made them tell you this?
minus-squareryven@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day ago“I had a [noun] [verb]” is a perfectly fine colloquialism for “a [noun] [verbed] (in a way that affected me).” It’s very common in the parts of the US I’ve lived in, at least.
And while we’re on it: “I had a man tell me…”
So this dude didn’t tell you this on their own, but instead you made them tell you this?
“I had a [noun] [verb]” is a perfectly fine colloquialism for “a [noun] [verbed] (in a way that affected me).” It’s very common in the parts of the US I’ve lived in, at least.