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Re:Nonnative English speakers share their gripes about speak... by amake on Saturday May 22, 2021 @10:23AM (#27246800)
*highfalutin (without apostrophe)
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Re:Nonnative English speakers share their gripes about speak... by sebmellen on Sunday May 23, 2021 @05:22AM (#27253578)
Dontcha think its awfully “high-falutin’” to correct a man on his grammar in a such as that way?
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Re:Nonnative English speakers share their gripes about speak... by leoc on Sunday May 23, 2021 @03:37PM (#27257873)
That is not obviously so. Spellings and proposed origins are fairly all over the place.
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