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minus-squareiiiisisisi@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down1·edit-27 hours ago “Some tired”? It’s Southern or Hillbilly slang. If you want to read more about it do searches for: “use of the word “some” as an intensifier” https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/321316/can-i-use-some-as-a-synonym-of-very
minus-squarevoracitude@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·6 hours agoThis is very, very quite similar to the British use of “quite” to mean “extremely”. Did you see him shit his pants while he was exercising? Quite disconcerting, I must say.
minus-squaregnutrino@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·6 hours agoFun fact: that has a name! It’s called Litotes
minus-squaresam@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·7 hours agoI’ve heard this a lot on the east coast of Canada as well.
“Some tired”?
It’s Southern or Hillbilly slang.
If you want to read more about it do searches for: “use of the word “some” as an intensifier”
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/321316/can-i-use-some-as-a-synonym-of-very
This is
very, veryquite similar to the British use of “quite” to mean “extremely”.Fun fact: that has a name! It’s called Litotes
I’ve heard this a lot on the east coast of Canada as well.