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Yeah I don’t think UK lingo has conquered anything here in the US. I find most UK lingo rather dorky and quaint. To me it’s like talking to cousins you like from a quaint town that’s woefully behind the times. It’s not their fault though and it’s kind of endearing.

However, Americans who use British lingo are the absolute worst; they remind me of a Will Farrell character except they are not funny.




At some point after the 1950s, en-gb speakers had to resign themselves to the dominance (if not prestige) of en-us; might the same process happen with en-us and en-in?

(and then there's en-gb vs en-eu...)




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