Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoTIL the U.S. Civil War is called "The Slave War" in Icelandiclemmy.worldimagemessage-square78linkfedilinkarrow-up1841
arrow-up1841imageTIL the U.S. Civil War is called "The Slave War" in Icelandiclemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square78linkfedilink
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoOnly if you want to pretend it was the only civil war in the world.
minus-squarenogooduser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 year agoNot really. I refer to our shed as the shed. It’s obviously not the only shed in the world. People tend to use the whatever when there is one whatever that is obviously more relevant to the conversation than the others.
Only if you want to pretend it was the only civil war in the world.
Not really. I refer to our shed as the shed. It’s obviously not the only shed in the world.
People tend to use the whatever when there is one whatever that is obviously more relevant to the conversation than the others.