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Been in the uk for 7 years now and I’ve gone to lengths to avoid doing or saying anything bri’ish. But I appreciate the function and feeling of these words
Lush Wys Fairs Quite Cheers (omg this one used to be painful but it’s actually useful) Cheeky Babes
Also just some of the many British words that will never come out of my mouth
Loo On holiday Biscuit Bloke Fancy
May 18, 2024

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Sorry just thought of another one I can't live without: blagged
May 31, 2024
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I like Right!! (translation: "we will now be moving forcefully from the current, presumably tedious situation into a subsequent, potentially different one")
May 19, 2024
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iconicindex ooo great one
May 19, 2024
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dagny Wrt your original rec title I probably don't actually say it out loud unironically tho. "Posh" is a good one I use a lot (almost necessary due to the odd semantic valence of adjectival "fancy" here, e.g. "fancy dress")
May 19, 2024
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iconicindex yes ‘posh’ is strong and there’s not really a good equivalent
May 19, 2024
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dagny The REAL question is, can you properly respond to the standard greeting "You alright?" 😂
May 19, 2024
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iconicindex no. no I cannot. if it’s on the citizenship test I’m failing.
May 19, 2024
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But how do you differentiate between a biscuit and a cookie with a biscuit ban!!
May 18, 2024
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caskeyc ohhh okay so you guys call cookies: cookies and crunchie store ones: biscuits?
May 18, 2024
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dagny hmmm cookies are specially the kind that's like round with chips in and everything else is a biscuit basically!
May 18, 2024
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I love when british shows write american characters and they use these phrases, it just feels wrong for those characters
May 18, 2024
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royallmonarch yes lmao recently teri in baby reindeer
May 18, 2024
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dagny THATS EXACTLY WHO I WAS THINKING OF
May 18, 2024
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royallmonarch 😭😭 it was PAINFUL
May 18, 2024
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