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RobinsShaman t1_j9rphgd wrote

Reply to TIL the way NYC has bodegas, Australia has milk bars. Modeled initially on American soda fountains, they’ve been on the decline since the 70s due to competition from supermarkets by idiomaddict

A small shop and/or cafe, often part of a larger shop, that sells fast food and a range of dairy based beverages such as milkshakes and ice creams; a deli or delicatessen.

In the 1930's, Mr Adams opened a shop in Martin Place in Sydney based on the American diner concept. "Instead of selling sodas he'd sell milkshakes and hence why he called the business a milk bar — they'd sell milkshakes and you're served on a bar," Mr Donnelly said

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NewCanadianMTurker t1_j9rozwe wrote

Reply to TIL that there are more than 160 endangered languages in the United States alone. In addition to many Native American languages, Cajun French, Eastern Yiddish, and Martha's Vineyard, Hawaii, and Plains Sign Language are all endangered. by afeeney

Eh, doesn't that just mean more and more people are learning English? I'd imagine not knowing English in this day and age would put people at a disadvantage in various ways (especially in the job market), so I don't think this is necessarily a bad thing.

Cultures are built around people not languages, so I don't think if everyone starts speaking English rather than their historical languages then their cultures would somehow disappear.

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PaoliBulldog t1_j9rn5gq wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL about the 1938 Gettysburg Reunion, where veterans of The American Civil War met, they were on average 94 years old. by VengefulMight

Do you realize that the District of Columbia was a slave city until 1862?

Or that the Union was a slave nation when the Confederacy surrendered, & remained a slave nation until 1866?

Or that the Emancipation Proclamation was worded carefully so that slaves in parts of the Confederacy that the Union controlled remained slaves?

Maybe you don't. In fact, I'm sure you don't.

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locri t1_j9rmydx wrote

Reply to TIL the way NYC has bodegas, Australia has milk bars. Modeled initially on American soda fountains, they’ve been on the decline since the 70s due to competition from supermarkets by idiomaddict

Yes.

And one of the close ones to me sell bags of beans for 4 dollars a kilo. This isn't a bodega because the intention is to sell food products but not cooked food.

The issue is that affording labour is challenging but not affording food.

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