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[–] Kiernian@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago (5 children)

It's fucking "'til" not "tell".

'til is short for "until".

Please stop saying "Let's wait tell later to do that".

[–] CoggyMcFee@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but it is actually “till” and “till” is not short for “until” (and “‘til” is not a word). “Until” actually came from “till”.

https://www.etymonline.com/word/till

https://www.etymonline.com/word/until

I’ve never heard anyone say “tell” to mean “till” so I won’t comment on that.

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[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

People say that? 🤔

Maybe it's an oral thing and I don't have enough meetings with English speakers...

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[–] Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 5 months ago (3 children)

If everyone were immortal, and no one needed to worry about resources, that would be awesome and pretending otherwise is the biggest cope.

[–] weew@lemmy.ca 6 points 5 months ago

People have been coping for so long it's practically a genre in literature. People are convincing themselves so hard that immortality is a curse, yet literally zero people have actually experienced it.

Humanity's sourest grapes.

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