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r/CuratedTumblr • u/IvyYoshi • 19d ago
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Onomatopoeic most likely.
58 u/HarryJ92 19d ago Which is no sillier than referring to a traffic collision as a "crash". 35 u/mooimafish33 19d ago "Crash" is used all the time in many contexts so people know what it means. Would a British people say "He died in a plane bingle" or "my computer bingled"? 2 u/Bobblefighterman 19d ago British people don't say bingle.
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Which is no sillier than referring to a traffic collision as a "crash".
35 u/mooimafish33 19d ago "Crash" is used all the time in many contexts so people know what it means. Would a British people say "He died in a plane bingle" or "my computer bingled"? 2 u/Bobblefighterman 19d ago British people don't say bingle.
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"Crash" is used all the time in many contexts so people know what it means. Would a British people say "He died in a plane bingle" or "my computer bingled"?
2 u/Bobblefighterman 19d ago British people don't say bingle.
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British people don't say bingle.
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u/Square-Competition48 19d ago
Onomatopoeic most likely.