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[–] toastal@lemmy.ml 66 points 6 months ago (2 children)

My first WTF moment with British English was walking into a restaurant & the hostess asked: “are you alright?”. “Do I have a bloody nose?” I quaked. Turns out it was just how folks say “what’s up?” as a hello there.

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 42 points 6 months ago

to which she responded, "Yes of course you have a nose, but why are you cursing about it?"