LadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to Ask@piefed.socialEnglish · 13 days agoWhat's a completely normal sentence today that would have made no sense 50 years ago?message-squaremessage-square44linkfedilinkarrow-up164
arrow-up164message-squareWhat's a completely normal sentence today that would have made no sense 50 years ago?LadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to Ask@piefed.socialEnglish · 13 days agomessage-square44linkfedilink
minus-squareMurrayL@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·13 days agoOnly in the specific scenario of being on a phone call. Historically a perfectly normal sentence in other contexts.
minus-squareGreenMartian@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·12 days agoEven in the communications context. We’ve had two-way radio comms for a really long time. Walkie-talkies have been around for almost 90 years.
minus-squarecron@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 days agoYou’re right, while it was less common than today, it would have made sense in some contexts.
minus-squarePat_Riot@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 days ago10 codes are from the 30s. 10-20 is where are you.
“Where are you?” is a pretty new one.
Only in the specific scenario of being on a phone call. Historically a perfectly normal sentence in other contexts.
Even in the communications context. We’ve had two-way radio comms for a really long time. Walkie-talkies have been around for almost 90 years.
You’re right, while it was less common than today, it would have made sense in some contexts.
10 codes are from the 30s. 10-20 is where are you.