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Only in the context of being a Britishism that Americans occasionally use.
by barbecue_sauce 8y ago
Only in the context of being a Britishism that Americans occasionally use.
- Dylan16807 8y ago> Only Nope. Never in my life heard of it being a britishism. Edit: A downvote for proving an absolute statement wrong? "Bloody" is used as a britishism. "Wee" is not, at least in many areas.
- blacksmith_tb 8y agoNot in the urine sense, but as in "a wee problem" it's got strong British (mostly Scots, really) overtones for me.
- Dylan16807 8y agoYes, I've seen that use.
- jamisteven 8y agoHave lived all over the US, "wee" is most definitely used.
- Dylan16807 8y agoAs a Britishism? I didn't say it wasn't used at all.
- yellowbuilding 8y agoWhen people use it, they probably won’t add “that was a britishism I just used”. You interpret that through... eh, cultural analysis.
- JohnFen 8y agoI guess, if you squint just right -- but only in the same sense that it's true of most American English. Those uses of "wee" (particularly the "urine" meaning) have been common in the US for far longer than I've been alive. Nobody thinks of them as "britishisms".