• rainwall@piefed.socialEnglish
    351·
    20 天前

    May not be common, but I’ve heard it in american slang. I think its more an old carry over from telegrams that never quite left our shared language.

    • T156@lemmy.worldEnglish
      43·
      20 天前

      Did telegrams use full-stop? They pretty much only used STOP, no?

      It seems more likely that your man picked it up from a British influence, like a friend or something.

      • Panini@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        16·
        20 天前

        I’ve been hearing it in regular language for 30 years now across all of lower Michigan and upper Wisconsin. It’s very decidedly present in American English, thought it might be less common than in Britain.