Job termination

[LdiJ]

I find that odd. "Being sacked" is a well known alternative to "being fired" in areas other than Michigan.

That said, matt's location would be nice to know.

I have never heard an American use that term either. I have heard it used by the British a lot.

 

[quincy]

I have never heard an American use that term either. I have heard it used by the British a lot.

It is such a common phrase in Michigan (and I am sure I have heard it in other states) that it seems unbelievable to me no one else has heard it. I am honestly dumbfounded.

 

[LdiJ]

It is such a common phrase in Michigan (and I am sure I have heard it in other states) that it seems unbelievable to me no one else has heard it. I am honestly dumbfounded.

I can believe that you have heard it in Michigan a lot. I believe that every state has some words that are not common elsewhere.
I have also never heard it used on an American TV show unless it was being said by someone British. That tends to mean that its not commonly used in the US.

 

[cbg]

In New England, it is not at all common. I've never heard it used here, or when I lived in PA, unless the person using it was British.

 

[Shadowbunny]

It is such a common phrase in Michigan (and I am sure I have heard it in other states) that it seems unbelievable to me no one else has heard it. I am honestly dumbfounded.

Chiming in from beautiful Arizona -- I've heard it so often that it never occurred to me that it's not common country-wide.

 

[TigerD]

I heard it a lot too - in various parts of the country.

TD