• mozz@mbin.grits.dev
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    5 months ago

    I was once involved in a business enterprise with a man who wasn’t a native speaker

    I had talked to a child about buying some of our stuff, and he was psyched about it and went off to fetch a parent to complete the transaction

    I was talking with my colleague about it in the interim, and said of the kid “he was sold” as a way of summarizing his receptiveness to my pitch about our products

    My colleague became very alarmed. What do you mean, sold? Who bought him? What do you mean?

    It took a while to explain.