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[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Oh, nice catch! I'm not American, so don't have an enormous amount of exposure to AAE. Thanks for the added detail!

And yes, you're definitely right that "the" would be more appropriate for standard American (and British, and Australian, etc.) English.

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