# British or AI

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-or-ai/1021553>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 31, 2025, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-or-ai/1021553 "2025-07-31T15:49:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-or-ai/1021553/1 "2025-07-31T15:49:05Z")

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I came across this Youtube video by Vaaskl where he (it) says 2 times 4 plank rather than 2 by 4 plank. I’m guessing AI. [https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5hMShw8PxGM](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5hMShw8PxGM)

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**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-or-ai/1021553/2 "2025-07-31T15:57:08Z")

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Likely AI.

A far too large percentage of YouTube is now AI slop.

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**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-or-ai/1021553/3 "2025-07-31T16:26:07Z")

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I think most British people would say “fourbetwo”

Reading x as “times” is just what you’d expect from a non-native who’s picked up the language from reading online texts, aka, AI.

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-or-ai/1021553/4 "2025-07-31T16:36:40Z")

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-or-ai/1021553/5 "2025-07-31T16:37:18Z")

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