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uhhh overleaf you say (lemm.ee)
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[-] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago

Why do Brits say "rocking up"?

[-] Diddlydee@feddit.uk 10 points 3 months ago

From the verb 'rock' meaning to move back and forth, and usually means arriving late or unannounced. It came from rock n roll in the 60s. Before that it was common to say 'roll up'.

[-] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 5 points 3 months ago

Oh weird, Americans stuck with the roll and Europeans went with the rock. ๐Ÿ˜‚

[-] photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Brits don't like to be associated with the European rabble ๐Ÿ˜ฌ

[-] klemptor@startrek.website 2 points 3 months ago

That's not exclusively British.

[-] cassowary@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

No idea but Iโ€™m not British

[-] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

Nearby? I've only heard it from people in that general region before.

[-] cassowary@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

Opposite hemisphere ๐Ÿ™ƒ

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