Why Americans think Brits are cleverer

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A man in Union Jack attire by Big Ben

Americans think that British are smarter because we use “right” to mean “OK”, said The Times. Researchers at Rutgers University in New Jersey found that Britons and Americans used the word in different ways: Americans used it to confirm that they knew what someone was talking about, but Britons used it when information was interesting or new to them. “Thus Americans got the impression the Britons they were talking to already knew everything they discussed, even when the Britons were clueless,” said the paper.

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