Oh this is Britain, millions of people who should be doing better things will get all huffy because they think the word ‘Thanksgiving’ is so very American.
Nope. Some brits laugh at Americans using ‘thus far’, unaware who was using the term just a few centuries ago.
It’s quite interesting how phrases followed British to America, died out here, then came back once cultural ties were re-established.
Somebody could try I suppose but since Brexit a lot of people have gone very insular (apart from food…..That’s it…National Eat A Lot Day, that’s work)
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Happy thanksgiving Dan đŚ
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Thank you!
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Gobble till you wobble, Dude!
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Ha, no doubt.
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Thanksgiving drives UK retailers and their advertising agencies crazy. They can’t think of a way to import it!
Happy holiday Dan.
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Ha! Why not HAVE a thanksgiving?
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Oh this is Britain, millions of people who should be doing better things will get all huffy because they think the word ‘Thanksgiving’ is so very American.
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Itâs an old English term. Youâd think theyâd know that. And Canadians have one, too.
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Nope. Some brits laugh at Americans using ‘thus far’, unaware who was using the term just a few centuries ago.
It’s quite interesting how phrases followed British to America, died out here, then came back once cultural ties were re-established.
Somebody could try I suppose but since Brexit a lot of people have gone very insular (apart from food…..That’s it…National Eat A Lot Day, that’s work)
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Nobody could be against that!
And then after you eat, you tell whoever fed you, âThanks.â
Later relatives get added and theyâll want a name for the occasion.
Letâs call it, âThanks for giving me foodâ or thanks for giving.
That morphs into thanks forgiving.
Which people will assume is a time for atoning for ones wringdo
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Now that sounds a good plan!
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But is long as you get to eat, Iâm not sure it matters.
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