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I hate it when American's use British terms when speaking to us. I have a good friend who has started using the term 'the missus' when refering to his wife. This is a term I hate when used by British people, but from an American it just sounds even more awful.
The hardest thing about trying to avoid American slang is the way it's become almost international. Words like 'man' and 'dude' are used all over the world now, in a way that words like 'flippin', 'blimey' and 'bloody' simply aren't - apart from maybe India.
Americans saying quid always always ALWAYS sounds terrible. Just as I'm sure it would if I said 'bucks'.
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