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Written by Pat's Papers | Thursday, 11 October 2012 7:45 AM
“Crikey,” says the New York Times—it seems as though we’ve been invaded by the British language. Coining it “Anglocreep” and declaring it annoying, the Times says “snippets of British vernacular — ‘cheers’ as a greeting, ‘brilliant’ as an affirmative, ‘loo’ as a bathroom — are cropping up in the daily speech of Americans who often have no more direct tie to Britain than an affinity for ‘Downton Abbey.’”
SOURCE: New York Times
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