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Old 09-28-2007   #1 (permalink)
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"Spot On", how...
One man can change a language.

I never heard the phrase "spot on" until Gordon Ramsey started using it on "Hell's Kitchen". Perhaps it is a common phrase in the UK, but not on this side of the pond.

I know I've incorporated into my speech. In the last 24 hours I seen or heard it used by someone in Sweden (James), Mexico (Heather) and by our nightly news anchor here in Milwaukee.

It is catching (spot) on!
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I've been known to say "crikey" now & again...

I worked at a ski hill for 5 years it is funny how many phrases I picked up from the aussies & the Brits!

G'day mate!
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I've been known to say "crikey" now & again...

I worked at a ski hill for 5 years it is funny how many phrases I picked up from the aussies & the Brits!

G'day mate!
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We use it quite a bit at work.
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I've been known to say "crikey" now & again...

I worked at a ski hill for 5 years it is funny how many phrases I picked up from the aussies & the Brits!

G'day mate!
"Where's the lift to the bloody tube?"
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I've used spot on..
But I didn't know it was a british thing...

I pick up so much from people that come here..
especially the people from the US.. they have such funny accents.. !
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"Where's the lift to the bloody tube?"
watch Boondock Saints or Trainspotting and you will hear some new phrases and words..

I love when people say bloody with a big British accent.. !!
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It's one of those phrases that kind of raises the hairs on the back of my neck. I don't use it and I don't like it. Though I do acknowledge that it makes the point it intends to very succinctly.
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It's one of those phrases that kind of raises the hairs on the back of my neck. I don't use it and I don't like it. Though I do acknowledge that it makes the point it intends to very succinctly.
Spot on, Susie
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I love when people say bloody with a big British accent.. !!
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It's one of those phrases that kind of raises the hairs on the back of my neck.
BLOODY spot on.......
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BLOODY spot on.......
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