Edit: according to comments, it may not be true or maybe partially true.

  • Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 days ago

    I lived in NYC for years and I don’t think I ever heard this. I’ll have to ask a family member that grew up in the Bronx which they say

    • XelaReko@lemmy.world
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      Can confirm that this is extremely common in Brooklyn & Queens, and very confusing when I first encountered it. I am now married to a NYC native whose whole family says this.