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    1. Rolf Zwaan  🦢‏Verified account @RolfZwaan 23 Jun 2017
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      Replying to @nicebread303 @lakens and

      >until someone said: "Wait, this letter is from the UK." This then led to a reinterpretation of the comment. Disaster averted.

      3 replies 1 retweet 11 likes
    2. Olivia Guest | Ολίβια Γκεστ‏ @o_guest 23 Jun 2017
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      Replying to @RolfZwaan @nicebread303 and

      Uh, don't upset you all but Britishisms don't actually mean multiply it by 10 to get what an American means. Took me years to learn as a

      2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
    3. Olivia Guest | Ολίβια Γκεστ‏ @o_guest 23 Jun 2017
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      Replying to @o_guest @RolfZwaan and

      Mediterranean but it's way way more nuanced. E.g. signing off email with "Regards" as opposed to "Cheers" or "Kind Regards" actually means

      3 replies 0 retweets 1 like
    4. Olivia Guest | Ολίβια Γκεστ‏ @o_guest 23 Jun 2017
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      Replying to @o_guest @RolfZwaan and

      "fuck off"... so you might think "quite productive" means very and you might be right, but given pragmatics it could also mean "good at

      2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
    5. Lisa DeBruine  🏳️‍🌈‏ @LisaDeBruine 24 Jun 2017
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      Replying to @o_guest @RolfZwaan and

      Took me years to realise "quite" has almost opposite meanings in the US (very) and UK (not very).

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    6. Olivia Guest | Ολίβια Γκεστ‏ @o_guest 24 Jun 2017
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      Replying to @LisaDeBruine @RolfZwaan and

      Not sure it's that simple sadly, yet again. What about this: "That was really quite good wine last night"?

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    7. Lisa DeBruine  🏳️‍🌈‏ @LisaDeBruine 24 Jun 2017
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      Replying to @o_guest @RolfZwaan and

      In the UK that wine is worse than "really good wine"; in the US it's better.

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    8. Olivia Guest | Ολίβια Γκεστ‏ @o_guest 24 Jun 2017
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      Replying to @LisaDeBruine @RolfZwaan and

      I disagree. If somebody told me something was "really quite good" that means it's ace.

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    9. Lisa DeBruine  🏳️‍🌈‏ @LisaDeBruine 24 Jun 2017
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      Replying to @o_guest @RolfZwaan and

      Hmm, could be an England/Scotland thing? My Glaswegian partner also thinks "really quite good" < "really good"

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    10. Olivia Guest | Ολίβια Γκεστ‏ @o_guest 24 Jun 2017
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      Replying to @LisaDeBruine @RolfZwaan and

      No idea — I'm neither a linguist nor English! Just giving my opinion of noticing speakers over the last decade.

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      Olivia Guest | Ολίβια Γκεστ‏ @o_guest 24 Jun 2017
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      Replying to @o_guest @LisaDeBruine and

      English people are the only ones who say "floor" for "ground". That one irritates me a lot but sadly even I say it sometimes these days.

      8:48 AM - 24 Jun 2017
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