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As it's American Independence Day this week, we're looking at how prominent Americanisms are in British language today. To start us off, how do Brits pronounce ‘lieutenant'?
Loo-tenant: 49%
Left-tenant: 43%
yougov.co.uk/opi/surveys/re…
Next up, how do Brits say the word ‘schedule’?
With a 'sh' sound: 49%
With a hard c: 43%
yougov.co.uk/opi/surveys/re…
What word would you most likely use to describe someone who had lost their job?
They were sacked: 39%
They were fired: 22%
yougov.co.uk/opi/surveys/re…
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Thread/ With Boris Johnson now confirmed to be our next Prime Minister, here’s what we know about what the public think of him yougov.co.uk/topics/politic…
1/ He is much less popular than May was at the time she took over. Johnson currently has a net favourability score of -27, compared to May’s +12 in August 2016 (although he does beat her current score of -37) yougov.co.uk/topics/politic…
2/ Britons tended to see him as a good Mayor of London, but a bad Foreign Secretary
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Foreign Secretary – 26% good / 48% bad
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