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The British have a similarly strange relationship with the word "Brilliant".
by RajT88 6mo ago
The British have a similarly strange relationship with the word "Brilliant".
- unfunco 6mo agoAren't holidays brilliant? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgMgkl-gRxk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgMgkl-gRxk
- porker 6mo agoWe like our sarcasm and disappointment.
- DonHopkins 6mo agoScottish culture is pure dead brilliant! Tracy Ullman doing Nicola Sturgeon and Mhari Black .... pure dead brilliant!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eV5TbEydy0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eV5TbEydy0 Glasgow! Pure Dead Brilliant! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwomQzigGuc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwomQzigGuc PdB C to PostScript compiler: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29964903 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29964903
- tim-projects 6mo agoSimilar to Amazon reviews, British people like to either give a 1 or a 5. Not similar to Amazon reviews Brits default to 1. So when it's a 5 it's particularly meaningful.
- jakub_g 6mo agoThere's a famous table with what Brits say vs mean: https://www.reddit.com/r/unitedkingdom/comments/ha0rz/british_english_phrases_and_what_they_really_mean/ https://www.reddit.com/r/unitedkingdom/comments/ha0rz/britis... e.g. "very interesting" -> "clearly nonsense"
- nly 6mo ago"Fucking brilliant" = I'm so sick of this shit, fuck my life "absolutely fantastic" also works