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		chrisdhoover on Oct 10, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Germans decry influence of English as 'idiot's apo... A handy means something entirely different in the US

dash2 on Oct 10, 2024 [–]

An English chap once asked a US friend of mine for a cigarette, or as he innocently put it, "Can I bum a fag?"

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