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[–] [email protected] 68 points 5 months ago (3 children)

My first WTF moment with British English was walking into a restaurant & the hostess asked: “are you alright?”. “Do I have a bloody nose?” I quaked. Turns out it was just how folks say “what’s up?” as a hello there.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 5 months ago

to which she responded, "Yes of course you have a nose, but why are you cursing about it?"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

It’s more just “alright mate”, or even just “reet”.