In Finnish we have “kissanristiäiset” (literally means a cat’s christening), which means some trivial and meaningless celebration/event.

  • Skyhighatrist@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    The phrase is well known and widely used in the UK, and I doubt anyone here would consider it an American phrase.

    Yes, and it’s used in many other places in the world that isn’t America either. That doesn’t change the fact that it is widely used in America. You may not have intended for your comment to come off as argumentative. But it did. You’re the one that joined the conversation by explaining that it’s not an American saying. It is a common saying in American English which is all the parent comment asserted.

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      1 year ago

      And I didn’t assert otherwise. Perhaps improve your own reading comprehension before wading into a discussion of the English language.