rdearman wrote:DaveAgain wrote:golyplot wrote:DaveAgain wrote:Excepting medicos, I think that's probably something that everyone has their own changable rules for.
Huh, I've never seen "medico" used in English before. I had to look it up.
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I think you'll find that medicos is an Americanism.
I sometimes think we need a reddit style “flair” indicating our variety of English on these threads discussing English usage.
I am familiar with medicos and I speak Australian English. The good thing about Australian English is that it draws heavily on both British and American English. However, we don’t get all of it and there is a time lag on new slang and changes in usage. It’s a long way away.
Regarding “silly wrote” - it sounds playful and quite understandable to me but I have never heard it before. So fun!
I googled it, smallwhite, and got zero returns. I’m sure that there are other examples that follow this pattern but can’t actually think of one at the moment.