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minus-squareSwingingTheLamp@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 days agoThey break harder? I’m not familiar with this term, is it a regional thing?
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·15 days agoThey slam on their breaks even faster.
minus-squareSwingingTheLamp@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 days agoOh, I was thinking of the definition of break, “a noticeable change in direction,” not brake, “to slow or stop by or as if by a brake.” Got it!
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-215 days agoOh, my fault. I always confuse those two.
minus-squareSwingingTheLamp@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·15 days agoA lot of people do, it just got me in this case because the meaning of break lined up with the action of turning onto county roads, so I thought it was some special thing.
They break harder? I’m not familiar with this term, is it a regional thing?
They slam on their breaks even faster.
Oh, I was thinking of the definition of break, “a noticeable change in direction,” not brake, “to slow or stop by or as if by a brake.” Got it!
Oh, my fault. I always confuse those two.
A lot of people do, it just got me in this case because the meaning of break lined up with the action of turning onto county roads, so I thought it was some special thing.