On Fri, 19 Feb 2016 07:21:21 -0800, "Cheri" >
wrote:

> "Cindy Hamilton" wrote in message
> ...
>
> On Friday, February 19, 2016 at 3:59:12 AM UTC-5, Ophelia wrote:
> > "The New Other Guy" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > On Thu, 18 Feb 2016 11:36:54 -0800, "Cheri" > wrote:
> > >
> > >>wrote in message
> > ...
> > >>
> > >>Granted, I'm guessing they're not THAT brilliant...
> > >>
> > >>http://www.msn.com/en-us/foodanddrin...id=mailsignout
> > >>
> > >>I'm in a rush, so I'll check them later.
> > >
> > > NOT brilliant at all, unless you're English,
> > > where everything is brilliant.
> >
> > Why would you think that? Or do you just think it is clever to put down the
> > English?
>
> "Brilliant" is a term we've seen used in movies by British characters
> to indicate approbation. If I recall correctly, Ron Weasley (in the
> Harry Potter movies and possibly in the books) was notably fond of
> the term.
>
> Cindy Hamilton
> ===========
>
> Kind of how everything in the USA is "amazing," one of the most overused words
> in the language, that and "hero."
>
I don't hear or read "amazing" very much (unless it's Facebook
clickbait, like that one probably was)... but "hero" is everywhere.
Ugh.


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