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Boring, it is NOT a slang term. I'm a Brit and I should know a lot better than any of you. [[User:Davidspencer|Davidspencer]] 16:16, 14 January 2015 (EST)
Boring, it is NOT a slang term. I'm a Brit and I should know a lot better than any of you. [[User:Davidspencer|Davidspencer]] 16:16, 14 January 2015 (EST)
I was going by the CP article [[slang]]:
"Slang consists of '''informal''' terms not recognized as proper usage or not found in older dictionaries, which express ideas or emotions of '''particular groups or cultures'''.
Slang is a product of culture, and changes over time. A review of the slang of the 1920s illustrates how much it does change. Slang tends to exhibit more '''regional variation''' than standard English. For example, whereas an Englishman and a New Yorker can normally understand each other perfectly well, if either party uses a lot of slang, communication can become more of a problem."
Thanks for the clarification. When I first heard "Cheers" in the 80's when I worked in the UK, I had no idea what they were talking about. "American and England: Two countries separating by a common language." :-)
[[User:TheAmericanRedoubt|TheAmericanRedoubt]] 16:38, 14 January 2015 (EST)