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Slang and snowclones and memes often are detached from their originally meaning. "So long, and thanks for all the X", "grok", "long time no see", "catch 22" et
by riffraff 3y ago
Slang and snowclones and memes often are detached from their originally meaning.
"So long, and thanks for all the X", "grok", "long time no see", "catch 22" etc are all expressions that are commonly used by people who may not be familiar with their origin.
- 3836293648 3y agoLong time no see has a popculture origin!?
- riffraff 3y agono, but it was (supposedly[0]) some native american english pidgin. I only meant that most people don't think they're citing native americans speaking broken english when using it today. [0] https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/104145/what-is-the-source-of-long-time-no-see-and-when-did-it-enter-u-s-english https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/104145/what-is-t... someone says it was popularized by detective stories in the '40s tho :)
- paradox460 3y agoIt's basically a perfect translation of Chinese 好久不见