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As a curse word, of course. Like say, 'that was bloody awful!' or 'bloody hell!'
I'm hearing this from Americans on message boards.etc more, are more Americans starting to use it?
Always assumed anyone who said it in an American accent in that context was either Canadian or perhaps from New England. Are Americans being influenced by the UK and perhaps Australia? Of course here in Australia we say it a lot, but it still sounds weird if an American says it lol.
As a curse word, of course. Like say, 'that was bloody awful!' or 'bloody hell!'
I'm hearing this from Americans on message boards.etc more, are more Americans starting to use it?
Always assumed anyone who said it in an American accent in that context was either Canadian or perhaps from New England. Are Americans being influenced by the UK and perhaps Australia? Of course here in Australia we say it a lot, but it still sounds weird if an American says it lol.
You don't here it much at all in the US in daily conversation. But language is a fluid thing. As more Americans get more exposure to world English, they are likely to pick up some vocabulary.
I say it because I'm a weirdo with various Anglophile tendencies (I also say "football" instead of "soccer", used to play rugby, and have seen every episode of Peep Show on netflix).
It's not part of standard American vernacular, but as the Internet facilitates exposure to British and International culture, it's seeped in a little bit here and there. All the kids on tumblr watching Doctor Who and all that.
Sparingly. People sometimes use it to be funny...or if it is somehow relevant to the topic (something British). It's not really a curse word here, and I've never heard someone use it spontaneously as one.
only really heard it when someone was impersonating "British way of talking"...as in "that chap's talking bloody rubbish" in a terribly overdone British accent
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I remember my grandmother (native of Tidewater Virginia) occasionally using it. She came home one time from her (Episcopal) church and declared that the new Rector was a 'bloody Papist' LOL.
It didn't surprise me that she used it or that people in that region would. That area's residents always seemed to be more in touch with their British heritage.
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