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Thread #173341   Message #4203571
Posted By: Backwoodsman
07-Jun-24 - 12:52 AM
Thread Name: BS: Language: 'I forgot my glasses at home.'
Subject: RE: BS: Language: 'I forgot my glasses at home.'
Here in the UK Backwoods of Lincolnshire, I’ve never heard or read anyone use the expression, “I forgot…at home” (or elsewhere, for that matter). My experience (of English English) is that we would say something along the lines of, “I forgot my glasses, and left them at home”, or simply, “I left my glasses at home”.

“I forgot my glasses at home” is perfectly understandable, but it sounds a little clumsy and quirky to this Limey.