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> In British "quite good" is similar to "particularly good" If you're very posh then yes, but everyone else now uses the American sense. If you asked me what I
by n4r9 7y ago
> In British "quite good" is similar to "particularly good"
If you're very posh then yes, but everyone else now uses the American sense. If you asked me what I thought of a TV show, "quite good" means I enjoyed it but I'm not that fussed if I don't happen to watch any more of it.
- globular-toast 7y agoIs Jeremy Clarkson "very posh"? Just one example off the top of my head of someone who would use "quite good" in the British way. I think there is possibly a big difference between spoken and written language here. Would you really use "quite good" in that sense while speaking? I don't think so. I think British people would "meh, it's OK".
- DanBC 7y agoJeremy Charles Robert Clarkson went to a fee paying primary school and a fee paying secondary school. He's definitely a bit posh.
- M2Ys4U 7y agoHe's part of the Chipping Norton Set[0], so yeah I'd put him up there in poshness. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chipping_Norton_set https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chipping_Norton_set
- n4r9 7y agoHe's quite posh. Humour aside, I don't think he's posh enough to use it in the intensifier sense. If he says something is "quite good" on TV I'd expect it to mean "good" but not necessarily "better than good". Would be interested to see your counter example if you do remember it.