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Souvy

Sep 5th 2013 1:34 pm

Britspeak

This is superb.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...ernet-hit.html

Atlantic Xpat

Sep 5th 2013 2:00 pm

Re: Britspeak

Quote:

Originally Posted by Souvy (Post 10887233)

This is superb.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...ernet-hit.html

I hear what you say...

Souvy

Sep 5th 2013 2:03 pm

Re: Britspeak

Quote:

Originally Posted by Atlantic Xpat (Post 10887261)

I hear what you say...

That's a very interesting comment.

AlliF

Sep 5th 2013 2:19 pm

Re: Britspeak

love it!:rofl:

Turtle

Sep 6th 2013 4:29 pm

Re: Britspeak

Saw this some time ago. I have a copy pinned to my office wall and have also sent it to my diverse (in country of origin) project teams so they know what I'm talking about!

foreigngirl

Sep 6th 2013 4:43 pm

Re: Britspeak

This made the rounds at my work ages ago. We have a lot of foreigners (including me) working with British people and we all agreed that this is so true!

Shard

Sep 6th 2013 4:50 pm

Re: Britspeak

Indeed it is something that has been around for sometime. Any good ideas on Canadaspeak...?

How about...

CANADIAN / MEANING

totally awesome incredible = good

Pulaski

Sep 6th 2013 8:41 pm

Re: Britspeak

Quote:

Originally Posted by Souvy (Post 10887233)

This is superb.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...ernet-hit.html

Most of those apply equally well in the US, and I suspect are common to most of the English speaking (primary language) world.

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