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Even as a non-native English speaker I can tell you off the top of my head: "lovely" in the American culture is predominantly used by women (though in the Briti
by mojuba 5y ago
Even as a non-native English speaker I can tell you off the top of my head: "lovely" in the American culture is predominantly used by women (though in the British culture exceptions can be made more often). But I'm sure there are a lot of more subtle differences too.
- kwhitefoot 5y agoBritish culture is very much not homogeneous in this regard. The use of words like lovely probably tells a British speaker more about the geographical origin of the speaker than their sex.