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TillE on Oct 26, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Vaccine hopes rise as Oxford jab prompts immune re...

It's extremely weird until you remember the American equivalent is "shot".

I think the British media goes for the colloquial version a bit more, but it's hard to say for sure.

iamatworknow on Oct 28, 2020 [–]

Ah...yeah, I didn't even consider "shot" being similarly weird. I guess I'm just used to it.

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