this post was submitted on 14 Jun 2023
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[โ€“] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

it seems like it happens enough to be an acceptable alternate way of saying the cost of something; I see it a lot, including (in fact mostly) by native speakers

[โ€“] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

Languages evolve, or we'd all still be grunting the first sounds. "No, the other other rock. Damn, we should come up with more names for things!"