> Second, the subtle one - the word "average." In the states it has no connotation. We typically use it in a very mathematical sense. If we call something "aver

> Second, the subtle one - the word "average." In the states it has no connotation. We typically use it in a very mathematical sense. If we call something "average" we mean it's close to the mean/median of our experience of that thing. Here it has a very negative connotation. It seems to mean "the absolute minimum necessary to be passable." Oh yeah, and saying something is "all right" is high praise.