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To: RandFan
In fact, Zelensky is playing a blinder in terms of maintaining morale, however staged his photo-ops.

Translation from British English (spoken by 55 million odd inhabitants of the British Isles) into "real" English (spoken by more than a third of a billion people): "Showing amazing skill."

Regards,

4 posted on 02/26/2022 12:46:46 PM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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“Translation from British English (spoken by 55 million odd inhabitants of the British Isles) into “real” English (spoken by more than a third of a billion people): “Showing amazing skill.”

The one that gets most people is when someone’s “taking the piss”. And saying a girl fell on her fanny means something a bit different in UK-land, too.


26 posted on 02/26/2022 1:25:07 PM PST by LouieFisk
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