• BananaTrifleViolin@piefed.worldEnglish
    41·
    8 hours ago

    Americans do love redundancies. e.g Just barely, only just, just a bit, true facts, free gift, end result, advance warning etc.

    • Sludgeyy@lemmy.world
      1·
      5 hours ago

      I’ll take just that cookie (You want the whole cookie)

      And

      I’ll take just a bit of that cookie (You want a piece of the cookie)

      I made it just barely to the concert (Implies you were almost late)

      And

      I made it just to the concert (Implies you had something else to go to but you just went to the concert)