L4sBot@lemmy.worldMB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoUber CEO balks after a reporter tells him the cost of his 2.9-mile Uber ride: 'Oh my God. Wow.'www.yahoo.comexternal-linkmessage-square123fedilinkarrow-up1514arrow-down124file-text
arrow-up1490arrow-down1external-linkUber CEO balks after a reporter tells him the cost of his 2.9-mile Uber ride: 'Oh my God. Wow.'www.yahoo.comL4sBot@lemmy.worldMB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square123fedilinkfile-text
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minus-squareTweegyjambo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·11 months agoAs someone from rural Scotland, hearing Brooklyn described as ‘getting away from the city’ is unintentionally hilarious!
minus-squareDucks@ducks.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·edit-211 months agoHa, it is definitely a local slang. People in outer boroughs will say “I’m going into the city for the day” if they are going into Manhattan, even though all the boroughs are “New York City” and mostly high density
minus-squareqbus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 months agoI miss going out to that far little hamlet of Whitestone Queens and getting a sandwich at Cherry valley.
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoAs someone from Paris, I also find it quite bizarre.
As someone from rural Scotland, hearing Brooklyn described as ‘getting away from the city’ is unintentionally hilarious!
Ha, it is definitely a local slang. People in outer boroughs will say “I’m going into the city for the day” if they are going into Manhattan, even though all the boroughs are “New York City” and mostly high density
I miss going out to that far little hamlet of Whitestone Queens and getting a sandwich at Cherry valley.
As someone from Paris, I also find it quite bizarre.