Yet another example of confusing abbreviation in speech.
Give me the gen.
What's the gen?
As in give me the genuine information.
So why not 'please tell me'?
Also we abbreviated information to infoHaving trouble understanding the weird usage, words or phrases in our English language? This blog is designed to highlight and perhaps explain at least in part to persons learning English how we use the language. It is mainly a record of the queries my wife (for whom English is a third language) raises and other odd words and phrases and anything else that occurs to me from the radio, newspapers or conversation.
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