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Re:Duolingo Suddenly Has Over Twice as Much Language Learnin... by ubernostrum on Thursday April 12, 2018 @07:13PM (#16825793)
I was unaware of it until it happened. Was told it's a Québecois thing.

They also taught me the helicopter joke.

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Re:Duolingo Suddenly Has Over Twice as Much Language Learnin... by gboudrias on Thursday April 12, 2018 @08:10PM (#16826057)
Québécois here, never heard it either. Maybe it's a regional thing or it was a different word.
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Re:Duolingo Suddenly Has Over Twice as Much Language Learnin... by ubernostrum on Thursday April 12, 2018 @08:50PM (#16826238)
Also possible they were messing with the American teenagers, since we were already being overwhelmed with differences between dialects of French.
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Re:Duolingo Suddenly Has Over Twice as Much Language Learnin... by blattimwind on Thursday April 12, 2018 @09:18PM (#16826379)
Not in Utica, no, it's an Albany expression.
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