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Monday is here again, which means back to work for most of us.

Has it rained yet where you are? What's happening this week?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Busy, busy week ahead. The eldest is going to high school this year, so we have a parents assembly tonight and he has three full taster days, so the routine of the week has been thrown into chaos.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (4 children)

@sideone @rubikfrog

‘High school’? Since when did we become Americanised? Surely you mean seniors? 😄

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I've always known it as secondary school

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

West midlands people call it High School, and did twenty years ago

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Not where I grew up and went to secondary school 20 years ago...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

TIL it's High School in Scotland and not in [edit: some parts of] England!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My friends.

Maybe this is our chance to get rid of the tiresome Reddit trope of trying to catch people out in so-called "Americanisms" (that usually just ended up being different British dialects anyway).

Maybe this is our chance to be better.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Indeed. Also, the "Where are you from" thread highlighted that we have subscribers (Lemmys / Lemmies?) from all over the world, we should welcome everyone even if they spell something differently to you.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Ah, of course!