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Well, I think there it is very likely that it went straight to video, if you know
what I mean.
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*editing: omit that "there"
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Please, don't misunderstand, I have no objections to being called a "yank", (as long
as it's not done angrily), I just didn't know if it was meant to have a negative
connotation or not. I can't raelly think of any instance where someone would be bothered
by such an expression. Also, "limey", (or however it's spelled) is not a term I've
ever used, and one I've heard only rarely, & then in a jovial context.
- Alice, the unoffended yank
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Sasenach for English people.
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"Goray" is spoken by Indians and Pakistanis for referring white people. If they don't
feel like speaking British, Americans, Australians..etc, they use it as a whole.
For instance, I'm a singer and they come to my music show for listening to my music,
and I'm being interviewd about the show in my native language, I'd rather use it
as a whole and keep away myself from mentioning each citizen seperately.
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Is it true that the word 'Brummagem' is used in the US to refer to something that
is fake?
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I've never heard that term.
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I agree with the above.
I have never heard of the term "Brummagem" here in the US (at least here in California).
Limey as a name for the British? I have only heard this term in ancient black and
white comedy movies. I have never heard the term used today.
The South used to call Northerners yanks during the civil war. Northerners called
the South rebels.
I don't take offense to being called a yank. It doesn't have an insulting "flavor"
to it. However, if a Northerner calls someone from the South a yank, he might get
insulted.
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I looked it up in an American Dictionary, and apparently it is a word, but again,
not one I've ever heard.
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?Brummagem
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