# Britishisms I've adopted

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 19, 2015, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britishisms-ive-adopted/725626 "2015-07-19T18:20:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2018, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britishisms-ive-adopted/725626/181 "2018-12-28T18:11:00Z")

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In recent years I’ve found myself muttering “bugger” when something doesn’t go well.

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**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2018, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britishisms-ive-adopted/725626/182 "2018-12-28T18:43:33Z")

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> [@BrickBat](#):
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> I’ve had someone say that me saying “innit” for “isn’t it” was British sounding. It’s not intentional, just occasional laziness in enunciation.

London area, especially in immigrant communities.

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> I like the term “fuck all” for it’s blunt directness, even if so many ( make that, most ) think it means the opposite of what it actually means.

It doesn’t come up that often, but if I’ve used it and people misinterpret it they haven’t made it clear.

American English of course has  
This food is shit = bad  
This food is the shit = good

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