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Re: Affectation almost inherently reflects trying too hard, and imitation is unoriginal. imlad Send a noteboard - 27/10/2012 04:24:26 AM
Thing is, I usually don't even realize I've said it. It'll be when my friends just stare at me or otherwise react that I realize I'd used "bloody" or something (but, I probably get that as much from WoT as anything else, since I've been reading the danged series for 20 years or so (half my life!).

And calling it a flat is so much easier and quicker than saying apartment. BLAH! I hate typing that word too. I think I actually started using flat in text messages and IMs before I was saying it.

Posh? I just like the word. I don't actually say it out loud often if at all, but it gets used by my stream of consciousness voice most of us have.
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Do us Yanks use too many British terms? - 24/10/2012 03:28:53 AM 1045 Views
I use "bloody" because I've read WoT for years. - 24/10/2012 04:41:31 AM 817 Views
Gorram Ahm'Merkins *NM* - 26/10/2012 06:56:17 PM 338 Views
Soccer terms and lack of subject-verb agreement are the worst that I notice. - 24/10/2012 05:25:18 AM 931 Views
It' called football. You silly americans and your handegg! *NM* - 24/10/2012 07:32:47 AM 410 Views
There is no disputing that our use of the word football is total nonsense *NM* - 24/10/2012 07:48:46 AM 374 Views
I may be wrong, but I believe it's called a football because it's 12-inches long. - 25/10/2012 07:15:28 PM 881 Views
Using a non-Metric system of measurement is total nonsense. - 25/10/2012 07:51:27 PM 770 Views
How can you say that?! - 25/10/2012 08:40:20 PM 858 Views
I'm an evil European. - 26/10/2012 04:20:57 PM 850 Views
Re: Soccer terms and lack of subject-verb agreement are the worst that I notice. - 24/10/2012 08:22:37 AM 764 Views
Bad example. Sheep is both a singular and plural noun. *NM* - 24/10/2012 02:47:34 PM 325 Views
That may be the problem. - 27/10/2012 12:00:49 AM 778 Views
ever since I was a kid, it was a soccer pitch - 25/10/2012 06:17:38 PM 800 Views
You all need to include some Irish-isms into your daily speech. - 24/10/2012 08:26:30 AM 871 Views
One British term I agree is horrid when said by Americans - 25/10/2012 06:20:54 PM 843 Views
I think it's a minor issue for anyone to get rile3d about... - 26/10/2012 01:10:25 AM 876 Views
Affectation almost inherently reflects trying too hard, and imitation is unoriginal. - 27/10/2012 12:10:52 AM 791 Views
Re: Affectation almost inherently reflects trying too hard, and imitation is unoriginal. - 27/10/2012 04:24:26 AM 848 Views
Try "apt." - 27/10/2012 04:13:18 PM 772 Views
always hated the letters "pt" together in that order - 28/10/2012 04:44:29 AM 769 Views
Can't happen fast enough. - 29/10/2012 09:07:34 PM 802 Views
I picked up a lot of Britishisms from Ian Anderson - 05/11/2012 05:00:50 PM 941 Views

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