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[kerstin]

1
They get a long famously.
They are famous?

2

More than $500,000 has been *pledged*, some of which is expected to cover medical costs .
Given as a token?

3

I love *strutting torwards you*.
= I love walking towards you in a show-off way?
Just making sure if my ears were functioning when I overheared this used.

4
Can *-wards* and *-ward* be used interchangeably?

5Why do people call girls *shorties* in Hip Hop world?

Thanks

[Vera2007]

May be "get along"?
famously =extremely well

[CP]

1 . "They get along [not a long] famously." When two people get along famously, they get along very well--they are very compatible. It has nothing to do with being famous.

2 . When money is pledged, it is promised to be paid later. Maybe there was a fundraiser, and people who attended promised to send checks to help out the good cause.

3. Well, yes, "strutting towards you" would mean "walking towards you in a show-off way."

4. If you mean words like "forward / forwards" and "backward / backwards," which the British and Americans use differently, yes, they can be used interchangeably. But I would write one or the other, depending upon the audience.

5. Probably because girls are short compared to boys.
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