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Thread #132499   Message #4063382
Posted By: Mrrzy
08-Jul-20 - 12:45 PM
Thread Name: BS: Language Pet Peeves
Subject: RE: BS: Language Pet Peeves
Just heard a Brit use the adjective Swish, which apparently does not mean what Americans use that word for...

Separated by a common language, again.

I had a British boss for a while, we once had a long talk about that. It was the qualifier Quite that got her into trouble.