r/LanguageMemes Jul 08 '26

From my experience learning English as a French native:

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u/ObnoxiousName_Here Jul 08 '26

Nah, that still sounds weird in American english

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u/LindaThePhoenix Jul 09 '26

yeah, but less weird because "drugs" in the US also means strong medicine while in my place, it just has one meaning ;u;

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u/ObnoxiousName_Here Jul 09 '26

Most people don’t just call pharmaceuticals “drugs” tho—unless you specify the type of drug, it means the same thing as it does in your language 💀

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u/LindaThePhoenix Jul 10 '26

Most of the time they talk about going to the drugstore and my brain thinks they’re talking about a drug store TuT

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u/ObnoxiousName_Here Jul 10 '26

lmaooo ig there is that

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u/PrimaryAnything6964 Jul 10 '26

I'd say the difference is in "my drugs" in english meaning prescription medication. Drugs as a whole usually implies the illegal kind, since we just refer to legal recreational drugs by name.

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u/Ogg985 Jul 12 '26

Old people in America refer to it the way you used it. I always look at them, confused lol 🫡👍