Stripe Announces 14% Layoff

Re:Stripe Announces 14% Layoff by wastedimage on Thursday November 03, 2022 @07:25PM (#33459380)

This is a very common southern saying. The saying existed in The West Wind by James Staunton Babcock in 1849. It likely existed before that.

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Re:Stripe Announces 14% Layoff by jacobolus on Thursday November 03, 2022 @07:40PM (#33459548)

"Sweet summer's child" also appears in the poem "The Creole" by Mary Scrimzeour Whitaker published in 1850.

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Re:Stripe Announces 14% Layoff by sammalloy on Thursday November 03, 2022 @07:31PM (#33459448)

Thanks for the correction. I’m from California and never heard it before. Do you think the author of GOT was paying homage to the Southern usage for a reason?

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Re:Stripe Announces 14% Layoff by wastedimage on Friday November 11, 2022 @03:56PM (#33566719)

It's just a fun way of saying naive.

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