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Prosecutors have charged a Metropolitan Police officer with murder after he shot rapper Chris Kaba in London last year.
minus-squarestillwater@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·1 year agoThe US and the UK have different figures of speech and idioms. People in the UK don’t usually sound like cowboys.
minus-squarereverendsteveii@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoI’d love to see an example of “I shot dead him”. I’m not trying to be defensive, I’d really enjoy seeing it. Dialects fascinate me.
minus-squarestillwater@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·1 year agoWell, it’s an expression that only comes up in the third person, not the first person. You’d see “Tim shot dead Eric”. I think if they’d say anything like that in the UK, it would just be “I shot him”.
minus-squarereverendsteveii@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoI still only have ever heard “Tim shot Eric dead.” I’ve never seen it any other way except in this headlines.
minus-squaresnugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoYeah it’s the wrong way round but I think most people can also infer some context from the part where it mentions the murder charge.
The US and the UK have different figures of speech and idioms. People in the UK don’t usually sound like cowboys.
I’d love to see an example of “I shot dead him”. I’m not trying to be defensive, I’d really enjoy seeing it. Dialects fascinate me.
Well, it’s an expression that only comes up in the third person, not the first person. You’d see “Tim shot dead Eric”. I think if they’d say anything like that in the UK, it would just be “I shot him”.
I still only have ever heard “Tim shot Eric dead.” I’ve never seen it any other way except in this headlines.
Yeah it’s the wrong way round but I think most people can also infer some context from the part where it mentions the murder charge.