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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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It must confuse English learners to hear phrases like, "I'm home", instead of "I am at home." We don't say I'm school, or I'm post office. (lemmy.world)

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[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That reminds me that my sixth grade teacher was adamant that 'I am going over Steve's house" meant that one was visiting the house, not flying over it.

[–] magikmw@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I like learning french because it shows me how weird the connections to english are.

"Chez Steve" means "At Steve's [place]". This one is more verbose in english.

But you can say "chez moi" for "at home". And no need to specify which home.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

How many homes do you have?

[–] magikmw@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

That's exactly my point.