daniel_callahan@jlai.luBanned to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · edit-212 days agoHow the use of a word in the Guardian has gotten some readers upsetwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down11cross-posted to: humanities@beehaw.org
arrow-up19arrow-down1external-linkHow the use of a word in the Guardian has gotten some readers upsetwww.theguardian.comdaniel_callahan@jlai.luBanned to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · edit-212 days agomessage-square7linkfedilinkcross-posted to: humanities@beehaw.org
minus-squareZip2@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·11 days agoNo one is sure where the term “rookie” comes from. Its first noted usage was in 1892 by Rudyard Kipling, referring to recruits in the British Army.
minus-squareGLC@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 days agoAnd “Rookie Mistake”? Is that Kipling too?
minus-squareZip2@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 days agoNo idea, I was too busy tiktoking his cake recipes with my fellow kids.
No one is sure where the term “rookie” comes from. Its first noted usage was in 1892 by Rudyard Kipling, referring to recruits in the British Army.
And “Rookie Mistake”? Is that Kipling too?
No idea, I was too busy tiktoking his cake recipes with my fellow kids.
You’re finally talking sense.