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Thursday, October 11, 2012

British words

Posted on 8:20 AM by Unknown
Alex just wrote a funny article about how Americans, more than ever, are adopting British words in conversations (think: "rubbish," "mates," "cheers"). It made me laugh out loud. Do you say British words? I, for one, am totally busted.

Read the full article here.

(Illustration by Adam McCauley for the NYTimes)
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