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treve 6 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Half My Life with Perl

On the origin of that phrase:

https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/603690/origins-o...

Seems like it _may_ not be Chinese. I've often seen it attributed as Chinese. Funny how that sticks.

edoceo 6 months ago [–]

I thought it was Uncle Iroh.

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