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hn_go_brrrrryesterday at 8:32 PM3 repliesview on HN

Pram is common in British English. I'm guessing you learned US English, which doesn't use it.


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KineticLensmanyesterday at 8:35 PM

Yes, as slang for ‘perambulator’, which is basically ‘stroller’

pm215yesterday at 9:16 PM

Though even in the UK I think it has a slightly old fashioned feel -- I feel like parents are more likely to have a pushchair than a pram.

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thaumasiotesyesterday at 8:55 PM

The word pram doesn't exist in American English, true, but you'll learn it anyway if you ever read Peter Pan.