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Why wouldn't he? It's not like British culture is totally impenetrable. Any European over 35 will have ingested a lot of British television reruns over the cour
by Freak_NL 2y ago
Why wouldn't he? It's not like British culture is totally impenetrable. Any European over 35 will have ingested a lot of British television reruns over the course of the eighties and nineties. While that won't allow for every nuance, the word 'git' certainly is used in its proper context often enough.
- xanderlewis 2y agoWell, no culture is totally impenetrable with enough exposure/effort. I just wondered how much exposure he had. His English is obviously (beyond) native level but I do feel the subtlety of British English expressions are frequently lost. [*] Europeans, despite their relative geographic and cultural proximity, rarely seem to get British humour and expressions. American culture dominates these days anyway, no matter what you learnt in school. For example, I wonder if he would have thought it was too far to call it ‘prick’? Knowing Linus, perhaps not! [*] (Not because there’s more subtlety than in any other culture/language; all locales have their own unique usages that are hard to truly understand unless you’ve lived there. I’m not claiming there’s anything mythical or unique about BE.)