Re^3: Ways of quoting

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Re^4: Ways of quoting by hippo (Archbishop) on May 16, 2020 at 08:41 UTC
... and commonly referred to as the baby cart. (As a speaker of en_GB that's not a term in our common usage. You are more likely to hear "buggy" or "pram". IMHO this makes the "baby cart" term even more preferable since it has a unique meaning for me - it's only the perl operator, regardless of context.)	[reply]
Re^5: Ways of quoting by tobyink (Canon) on May 17, 2020 at 06:44 UTC
Yeah, I've never heard the term "baby cart" outside the context of Perl. (I grew up in Australia and live in the UK.) toby döt ink	[reply]
Re^6: Ways of quoting by eyepopslikeamosquito (Archbishop) on May 17, 2020 at 20:33 UTC
Yes, it's quite the mystery! "Baby carriage" maybe ... but "baby cart" ... never! I'd always assumed it was a literal translation from an uninformed non-native English speaker. For this explanation to be plausible though, we need to find a language (or country) in which "baby cart" is the idiomatic way to say "pram" - anyone know one? Searching urban dictionary suggests it might have been chosen for its lewd connotations - which is consistent with the infamous goatse secret operator. I think it's time to ask the BooK.	[reply]
Re^7: Ways of quoting by BooK (Curate) on May 18, 2020 at 13:11 UTC