minus-squareFourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.worldtoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•What's the "Joe Shmoe" of different cultures? Or the "John/Jane Smith"?linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·1 year agoSome others in the Anglosphere: Fred Bloggs - no idea where it’s from. Related to “bog” as in bog standard maybe? Tom, Dick and Harry - is ages old. Even as far back as Shakespeare you can see the triplet evolving. “Tom, Dicke, and Francis” : Henry IV, Part I linkfedilink
minus-squareFourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.worldtoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•is Luke Skywalker a superhero?linkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoI’d say Darth Vader was a supervillain but it still doesn’t feel right calling Luke a superhero… linkfedilink
minus-squareFourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.worldtoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•What are some reddit communities you wish to see live and more active on lemmy?linkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoI never understood it. What am I missing? linkfedilink
Some others in the Anglosphere:
Fred Bloggs - no idea where it’s from. Related to “bog” as in bog standard maybe?
Tom, Dick and Harry - is ages old. Even as far back as Shakespeare you can see the triplet evolving. “Tom, Dicke, and Francis” : Henry IV, Part I