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Australia, the Land of Bluey, Tim-Tams, and Kylie Minogue: Not Having Those Pervert Glasses, Seeks to Pass “World Leading” Ban on Them.
futurism.com/future-society/australia-smart-glasses-ban
Replying to @eicker@lemmy.world
“I went into the shop and said ‘do you sell pervert glasses? I wanna buy some pervert glasses’. So I bought a pair. And I was wearing ma pervies, and walking down the street. But they didn’t work! Everything looks the same. All the people… no different! Still dressed. I mean. What are they supposed to do? Bloody waste of money!”
Replying to @LovableSidekick@lemmy.world
“An Hilarious”?
I suppose they decided to add the word “hilarious” at the last minute, completely forgetting to change the “an” to an “a” before printing it.
Replying to @Psythik@lemmy.world
It’s from the 1950s or 60s. Maybe it was British made, or could be whoever wrote the ad copy used the British convention of “an” before words starting with “h”.
Replying to @LovableSidekick@lemmy.world
Interesting. I never heard of that before.
Replying to @Psythik@lemmy.world
It’s somewhat archaic or pretentious now, but I still hear things like “an hotel” on Brit TV from say the 90s.