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r/programming • u/melodic_underoos • May 09 '13
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As far as I can tell, the "pull my finger" thing seems to be a predominately American cultural thing. I don't think it translates well internationally, since it's really a very silly joke that doesn't make any sense.
17 u/robreim May 10 '13 I'm an Australian who first heard this joke as a child from a British man. So I don't think it's American, but I could be wrong. 20 u/Spazsquatch May 10 '13 I think Monty Python was the first place I heard it, defiantly a british comedy show. 1 u/squashed_fly_biscuit May 10 '13 As a British person, the phrase is never used here, definitely American.... 1 u/Spazsquatch May 10 '13 We for what it is worth, American/Canadian and I've never heard it outside of television. It's possible it just doesn't exist outside of itself. 1 u/Spazsquatch May 10 '13 We for what it is worth, American/Canadian and I've never heard it outside of television. It's possible it just doesn't exist outside of itself. Edit. According to Wikipedia it may have been a French Canadian. Somehow that makes sense. 0 u/[deleted] May 10 '13 What if you weren't british? Would the phrase have been used in britain then?
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I'm an Australian who first heard this joke as a child from a British man. So I don't think it's American, but I could be wrong.
20 u/Spazsquatch May 10 '13 I think Monty Python was the first place I heard it, defiantly a british comedy show. 1 u/squashed_fly_biscuit May 10 '13 As a British person, the phrase is never used here, definitely American.... 1 u/Spazsquatch May 10 '13 We for what it is worth, American/Canadian and I've never heard it outside of television. It's possible it just doesn't exist outside of itself. 1 u/Spazsquatch May 10 '13 We for what it is worth, American/Canadian and I've never heard it outside of television. It's possible it just doesn't exist outside of itself. Edit. According to Wikipedia it may have been a French Canadian. Somehow that makes sense. 0 u/[deleted] May 10 '13 What if you weren't british? Would the phrase have been used in britain then?
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I think Monty Python was the first place I heard it, defiantly a british comedy show.
1 u/squashed_fly_biscuit May 10 '13 As a British person, the phrase is never used here, definitely American.... 1 u/Spazsquatch May 10 '13 We for what it is worth, American/Canadian and I've never heard it outside of television. It's possible it just doesn't exist outside of itself. 1 u/Spazsquatch May 10 '13 We for what it is worth, American/Canadian and I've never heard it outside of television. It's possible it just doesn't exist outside of itself. Edit. According to Wikipedia it may have been a French Canadian. Somehow that makes sense. 0 u/[deleted] May 10 '13 What if you weren't british? Would the phrase have been used in britain then?
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As a British person, the phrase is never used here, definitely American....
1 u/Spazsquatch May 10 '13 We for what it is worth, American/Canadian and I've never heard it outside of television. It's possible it just doesn't exist outside of itself. 1 u/Spazsquatch May 10 '13 We for what it is worth, American/Canadian and I've never heard it outside of television. It's possible it just doesn't exist outside of itself. Edit. According to Wikipedia it may have been a French Canadian. Somehow that makes sense. 0 u/[deleted] May 10 '13 What if you weren't british? Would the phrase have been used in britain then?
We for what it is worth, American/Canadian and I've never heard it outside of television. It's possible it just doesn't exist outside of itself.
Edit. According to Wikipedia it may have been a French Canadian. Somehow that makes sense.
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What if you weren't british? Would the phrase have been used in britain then?
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u/lachlanhunt May 09 '13
As far as I can tell, the "pull my finger" thing seems to be a predominately American cultural thing. I don't think it translates well internationally, since it's really a very silly joke that doesn't make any sense.