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kimixa ◴[] No.46237348[source]
As a Brit, I'm not quite sure this article is right in it's declaration it's a universal "English" thing and not more "American English".
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1. AStrangeMorrow ◴[] No.46238165[source]
Yeah, same as a French speaker first living in the US, I have to sometimes refrain myself from calling things “just fine”, “will do” or “not bad”. These are still used in American English, but I tend to use them for cases were people normally use more positive/stronger version.

Like at a grocery store: “is that enough? That will do yes -> yes that’s perfect”