Sahwa@reddthat.com to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoMetropolitan police chief accuses Trump of talking 'nonsense' about London crimenews.sky.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1169arrow-down13
arrow-up1166arrow-down1external-linkMetropolitan police chief accuses Trump of talking 'nonsense' about London crimenews.sky.comSahwa@reddthat.com to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-squareTyphoon@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 days agoIf there’s one thing I know about the Brits it’s that when they say “nonsense” they mean “complete and total bullshit”
minus-squarefloofloof@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-23 days agoIf there’s one thing I know about Americans it’s that when they say “bullshit” they mean “utter poppycock, twaddle and codswallop.”
minus-squareohulancutash@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoNah, they mean “I know it sounds unlikely, but I’m still too credulous to actually disbelieve it”. Or they would if they had such an expansive vocabulary. It probably sounds like “Woo Yah” in their heads.
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoI mean isn’t that what nonsense is?
If there’s one thing I know about the Brits it’s that when they say “nonsense” they mean “complete and total bullshit”
If there’s one thing I know about Americans it’s that when they say “bullshit” they mean “utter poppycock, twaddle and codswallop.”
Nah, they mean “I know it sounds unlikely, but I’m still too credulous to actually disbelieve it”. Or they would if they had such an expansive vocabulary. It probably sounds like “Woo Yah” in their heads.
I mean isn’t that what nonsense is?