time about
A Scottish English phrase meaning 'in turn' or 'alternately' — each person or party taking a turn in succession.
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Council members learning in real time about police unions strong arming the City via batshit CBA passed by them a couple years ago Chicityclerk.com/joint-committee-budget-police-and-fire
Started having a bad time about esoteric capitalism? I guess I'll call it that The root of the word corporation has me fucked up Like you give an imaginary thing a body, and structure it with people in different rol…
How ironic! He’s lying again, this time about CNN. Don’t they have recourse to sue him for defamation like he sues any media or journalists for what he believes as defamation! www.cnn.com/2026/05/05/p...
@Frank_NL Hypnosis is genuinely interesting, and I can talk for a long time about #hypnosis and how it works without talking about anything sexual. It’s a nice party trick! 😁
sorry i misread, take your time about showing i'm still upset about it so im just kinda here listless lol
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A Scottish English phrase meaning 'in turn' or 'alternately' — each person or party taking a turn in succession. Typically used in practical, everyday contexts such as sharing duties, taking shifts, or dividing tasks fairly. The phrase has a practical, communal flavor, reflecting a culture of fair rotation. While it may sound archaic to outsiders, it remains in active use in parts of Scotland and is immediately understood by Scots. Neutral in register and usable in both formal and informal speech.
The two brothers looked after their elderly mother time about, each taking a week in turn.
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(Scotland) In turn; by turns; alternately.
“Council members learning in real time about police unions strong arming the City via batshit CBA passed by them a couple years ago Chicityclerk.com/joint-committee-budget-police-and-fire”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Started having a bad time about esoteric capitalism? I guess I'll call it that The root of the word corporation has me fucked up Like you give an imaginary thing a body, and structure it with people in different roles. Its blood is money. It creates an entity”
— Bluesky· May 2026“How ironic! He’s lying again, this time about CNN. Don’t they have recourse to sue him for defamation like he sues any media or journalists for what he believes as defamation! www.cnn.com/2026/05/05/p...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“@Frank_NL Hypnosis is genuinely interesting, and I can talk for a long time about #hypnosis and how it works without talking about anything sexual. It’s a nice party trick! 😁”
— Bluesky· May 2026“sorry i misread, take your time about showing i'm still upset about it so im just kinda here listless lol”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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