distantsounds@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agotaking up pavementlemmy.worldimagemessage-square64linkfedilinkarrow-up1763arrow-down135file-text
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minus-squareDiddlydee@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·1 month agoIt’s… Wait for it… A bike that you hire.
minus-squareThunderWhiskers@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down8·1 month agoTraditionally you hire people, not objects.
minus-squareTheTechnician27@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-21 month agoIt’s chiefly a UK usage of the word. And happy cake day!
minus-squareJustin@lemmy.jlh.namelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoIn sweden you can hire the right to live in a building. “Hyresrätt” = “Rental apartment”
minus-squareDreamButt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoSo language is this funny thing that organic creatures do. And organic creatures, being organic, change over time. So too does the things they do
It’s… Wait for it… A bike that you hire.
Traditionally you hire people, not objects.
It’s chiefly a UK usage of the word. And happy cake day!
In sweden you can hire the right to live in a building. “Hyresrätt” = “Rental apartment”
So language is this funny thing that organic creatures do. And organic creatures, being organic, change over time. So too does the things they do
Not at all true, though.