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Originally Posted by chiuchimu
Amazing. Some of the slang is clearly U.S. influenced, but the other parts are very localized.
If I was to say "That was Gangsta" or "That was brill" in the states, people would give me blank stares. Very interesting topic.
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Just for the record, chiuchimu, "That was gangsta" was a phrase used in the states (at least southern CA) in like 1999. If you said that now, I suspect it would be taken humourously unless you're friends with the types of people who would actually say that.
I haven't heard brill in the states, but i've heard some English friends using it.
I've actually noticed some grammatical differences between the US and the UK but I can't really remember any right now... I've heard people from England say we Americans ruined the language, but man have I heard some butchered sounding English from over there.
I find England to be very similar to Japan in that they are both small island countries and they both have a ton of dialects/accents.