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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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pray tell

For demanding an answer. In my opinion, it adds a friendly layer of irony, indicating that you cannot see a possible reason for something :

And pray tell, what purpose does it serve? 🙄

Describes self sabotaging tendencies (while showing good will and effort).

I thought you quit smoking last month – yea, half Sisyphus, half rolling stone🥲

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"not how you play cricket"

I (native UK English speaker)'ve only ever heard it with "cricket" in an adjectival form. As in "that's just not cricket".

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

It's very possible that I have it a bit twisted. I'm a South African, and English is my second language.