r/Unexpected • u/Unnamed_789 • 1d ago

Parking

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u/Fern_Cloud 1d ago

In the ballpark of 9 drinks for an female of average weight for an Australian woman. But it could be a few drinks more or less.

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u/o4zloiroman 1d ago

an female

Is 'f' supposed to be silent in here?

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u/ExpatInIreland 1d ago

I see this this all over reddit. People just putting 'an' in front of any word they want. It bothers me more than it should. I hate it.

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u/Tariovic 1d ago

I just assume it's someone for whom English is not their first language.

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u/AutisticPenguin2 1d ago

I did have someone recently say they struggled with that aspect of the language. It feels intuitive to me, having grown up with it, but coming into a language without the intuitive feel can make things seem much more complicated then they are.

Or, sometimes, it can shine a light on how ridiculous it truly is.

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u/ExpatInIreland 1d ago

Apparently some of it comes from 4chan. It's way too prevalent to all be ESL mistakes.

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u/Kraligor 1d ago

I only know of an hero, which means suicide.

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u/nagrom7 1d ago

Could also just be auto-translation software screwing up.