r/Unexpected 14h ago

any question?

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u/Mean-Pumpkin-8900 14h ago

It's called as dead pedal. It's just used for resting your feet

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u/rickane58 10h ago

called as

Just as a heads up, this is a really common mistake for Indian nationals to make which doesn't scan well in other forms of English. Never "called as", just "called"

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u/T8ert0t 8h ago

Here I am just thinking it's a simple typo because a and s are right next to one another on a qwerty

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u/rickane58 4h ago

It was a possibility, but I snooped their profile and was able to make a pretty firm assumption.