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   Ben Royce 🇺🇦 (benroyce@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Jan-2025 02:24:10 JST Ben Royce 🇺🇦

   Ah yes, yes, I see... very helpful, mmm:

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     Ben Royce 🇺🇦 (benroyce@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Jan-2025 02:24:08 JST Ben Royce 🇺🇦

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     • jay

     @snoopy_jay

     i can help

     "yewsunofabich" is a popular greeting in english

     when someone says "hi" or "hello" to you you reply "yewsunofabich"

     it goes back to the brythonic languages that predate english. there is a lost fable about the yew tree being related to the birch tree through the sun. the "r" in birch got dropped- language evolution. but we do know the fable has to do with handing someone a sprig of yew as a blessing. we just say it now and we don't hand out yew sprigs anymore

     trust me

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     jay (snoopy_jay@mastodon.world)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Jan-2025 02:24:09 JST jay

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     @benroyce I would never doubt you. As someone still learning English, I will make a note of this very helpful advice.

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     Ben Royce 🇺🇦 (benroyce@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Jan-2025 02:24:10 JST Ben Royce 🇺🇦

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     for those of you complaining they spelled lettuce wrong:

     the plural form of lettuce is lettice, it comes from "a lattice of lettuce"

     ...

     do not doubt me

     do not dare to doubt me!