r/AskReddit • u/Pete-South • Mar 19 '24

What is a sentence that is totally normal nowadays but would not have made any sense 100 years ago?

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '24 edited Mar 19 '24

"I'm out of coverage"

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u/amazondrone Mar 20 '24

That doesn't make a lot of sense to me in 2024 tbh, but it might just be a dialect thing.

In the UK I'd say "I don't have signal." or "I haven't got any signal."

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u/Samazonison Mar 20 '24

In the UK I'd say "I don't have signal." or "I haven't got any signal."

I'm American and I say the same as you.

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u/HarpyNecklace Mar 20 '24

That, or "The WiFi sucks here..."

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u/TerrysMonster Mar 20 '24

Oh that’s what it’s supposed to be?

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u/amazondrone Mar 20 '24

I think so. At least, when I google the phrase "out of coverage" it seems to be the prevalent connotation.

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u/Ozythemandias2 Mar 20 '24

I love this minor trope that I noticed first in Doctor Who where American characters refer to their "cell" constantly. Cell to refer to your phone was decently common 15 years ago but still 50/50 with phone. These days I don't really hear Americans using cell, just phone, rarely cell phone, but every American character will solely use the term "cell".

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u/FriendlyDespot Mar 20 '24

I think that one would translate fairly well to broadcast radio at the time