Re:London's Heathrow Airport announces complete shutdown due...
by nikolas- on Friday March 21, 2025 @01:38PM
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slang for "of course"
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Re:London's Heathrow Airport announces complete shutdown due...
by tigerlily on Friday March 21, 2025 @02:11PM
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Natch, I feared as much. I've been seeing it more and more lately. I've found it's hard for me to look at. I'd say more but I'm already wasting words.
Re:London's Heathrow Airport announces complete shutdown due...
by sjsdaiuasgdia on Friday March 21, 2025 @02:18PM
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I wonder if anyone feels the same way about your use of "natch".
Re:London's Heathrow Airport announces complete shutdown due...
by stavros on Friday March 21, 2025 @02:45PM
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I do!
Re:London's Heathrow Airport announces complete shutdown due...
by tomcam on Friday March 21, 2025 @04:08PM
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> I'd say more but I'm already wasting words.
ofc
Re:London's Heathrow Airport announces complete shutdown due...
by przemub on Friday March 21, 2025 @02:21PM
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I needed to look up „natch” lol
Re:London's Heathrow Airport announces complete shutdown due...
by medstrom on Saturday March 22, 2025 @04:35AM
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Why don't you tell us too?
For anyone reading: it means "of course"
Re:London's Heathrow Airport announces complete shutdown due...
by zimpenfish on Saturday March 22, 2025 @04:41AM
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Technically it means "naturally" which (to me, natural UK English) reads to me as slightly less sarcastic than "of course", especially if you get the "of COURSE" intonation (implies "the little shits" at the end of the sentence to me, if you see what I mean. "Naturally, the BBC has the news" - good job, fellas! "Of COURSE, the BBC has the news" - the little shits, running around wasting our money on this, probably stealing from rubbish bins.)
I may have put too much thought into this.
Re:London's Heathrow Airport announces complete shutdown due...
by 1123581321 on Sunday March 23, 2025 @01:55PM
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You’re not alone! I remember natch having a connotation of bragging, too, e.g. “I played my new set last night. Three women gave me their numbers. Natch.”
Re:London's Heathrow Airport announces complete shutdown due...
by maest on Friday March 21, 2025 @04:46PM
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It's quite old, I'm surprised you're only seeing it now
Re:London's Heathrow Airport announces complete shutdown due...
by maest on Friday March 21, 2025 @04:47PM
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It's quite old, I'm surprised you're only seeing it now
Insert that xkcd comic
Re:London's Heathrow Airport announces complete shutdown due...
by scyzoryk_xyz on Sunday March 23, 2025 @07:00AM
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Another one is ‘lol’
If you happen to see that one, it stands for ‘laughing out loud’.