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  • mavu@discuss.tchncs.detoScience Memes@mander.xyzWater
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    2 months ago

    Huh, this is an interesting intercultural communiaction trap.

    In my area, this is just used as a shorthand/slang/idiom for “nice, i respect that” or in place of a nod or “thank you”

    Edit: i should add, that as far as i know, a chappeau is a type of cap or hat? Right? have to google that.

    edit2: yes, a hat. The origin of the use I know for it is probably a salute where you touch your finger or hand to the hat, or lifting the hat.
    Here saying “hat” seems to be enough :D





  • mavu@discuss.tchncs.detoScience Memes@mander.xyzalpha
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    3 months ago
    1. languages evolve, and the origin is nothing more than a curio today. People use the term “alpha” to mean a thing that exists in humans, even if it never did in wolves.
    2. this thing is called by the rest of the population “being and asshole” and as such i find the self identification of those people very usefull and time saving.