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結局、どうだった？
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In what context/age groups? It's not something I've noticed in the U.S.The word 'very' is nearly extinct and has been supplanted with 'super'.
I'm waiting for His Majesty, King Charles III to use it in public to make it official.
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めちゃイケ
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Are you kidding? Every context you can think of! It seems to have started in the USA and I rarely hear 'very' used anymore in the UK. Things are now 'super difficult' or 'super expensive' 'super cute', 'super easy'…it's super ubiquitous. I hear young and middle-aged people using it in this way. It's so super used, perhaps you haven't noticed it in a similar way to the phrase, when ordering say, a coffee, "Can I get" rather than "May I have". I posted about the trend on FB two/three years ago when I was on that platform and was met by a barrage of 'get with it super old man' types of post
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Another verbal change I've noticed is British people saying 'tuh'' rather than 'to'. It seems to occur just before a slight emphasising pause in the flow of a sentence. I've just heard these examples of it on the news;
"…we seen a shift from recycling things tuh disposing of them…"
"…we feel we're trying tuh bring attention to…"
"…we seen a shift from recycling things tuh disposing of them…"
"…we feel we're trying tuh bring attention to…"
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You might enjoy this Brit ex-pat deep in the middle of the US. He talks about language, pronunciation, and the like from time to time.
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I say 'film' or 'filum' when I'm feeling whimsical. In public I say 'technicolour motion picture extravaganza' 
I say 'lorry'…red lorry, yellow lorry, red lorry, yellow lorry.
I say trousers or keks. Pants are underwear.
I say rubbish.
Dude? Never, except ironically.
I say amazing or fantastic. Awesome just sounds so….Bill&Ted.
I say you lot.
I say 'lorry'…red lorry, yellow lorry, red lorry, yellow lorry.
I say trousers or keks. Pants are underwear.
I say rubbish.
Dude? Never, except ironically.
I say amazing or fantastic. Awesome just sounds so….Bill&Ted.
I say you lot.
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Bill&Ted makes me think of "Excellent!"
Party on, dude!
Party on, dude!
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I'll keep an ear out for it.Are you kidding? Every context you can think of! It seems to have started in the USA and I rarely hear 'very' used anymore in the UK. Things are now 'super difficult' or 'super expensive' 'super cute', 'super easy'…it's super ubiquitous. I hear young and middle-aged people using it in this way. It's so super used, perhaps you haven't noticed it in a similar way to the phrase, when ordering say, a coffee, "Can I get" rather than "May I have". I posted about the trend on FB two/three years ago when I was on that platform and was met by a barrage of 'get with it super old man' types of post
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Destined Among Shadows: The Indama Chronicles.
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Duolingo gotta get totemo out then, that's what they teach lol
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Underpants are underwear in Britain, pants are trousers. Bonnet, steering wheel and boot are British, too.
One other phrase that I've noticed coming into prevalence in American English is the pointed, "we're done" which seems to have superseded "let's move on" or "this conversation is over". I like using the French for the latter with my other half at the end of an 'discussion', whilst holding up my hand as she finds it baffling, "la conversation se terminé!"
One other phrase that I've noticed coming into prevalence in American English is the pointed, "we're done" which seems to have superseded "let's move on" or "this conversation is over". I like using the French for the latter with my other half at the end of an 'discussion', whilst holding up my hand as she finds it baffling, "la conversation se terminé!"
