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Yes that’s fair. My experience may be biased regarding more conservative usage of words or ideas of what’s considered to be taboo.
by filoeleven 6y ago
Yes that’s fair. My experience may be biased regarding more conservative usage of words or ideas of what’s considered to be taboo.
- samatman 6y agoIt's true that if you go and use that word in anything like the British normal fashion, let alone Australian, you will get panicked looks and be shushed. But then again: for the most part, Americans don't know what bugger means. It registers as a silly British euphemism for the f-word! Truly two people divided by a common language. Lets not even get into the fact that you can buy an accessory where the label says it's a "fanny pack"...
- filoeleven 6y agoYeah, I only learned about all of these differences when I got into British panel shows, some of which are truly fantastic. 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown was my introduction, and Taskmaster is far and away one of the funniest things on TV. The latter show will broadly appeal to nerds, because most task descriptions (like “bring in the heaviest item that fits inside a shoe box”) leave loopholes large enough to drive lorries through, and the contestants are by turns great and terrible at exploiting them (in this case, “a copy of Mein Kampf”; which category this falls under is left as an exercise for the reader).