A friend posted this on FB (I don't know where he got it so I can't credit it. I'll edit to add the source if I find out.)



It made me wonder about British and American. Would you, as Americans (or Australians, Canadians etc) understand the meaning in the centre or right hand column.

Also I can think of others which I will add to the list below.

Here, let me help. / You are making a pig's ear of that. / They want to help.

It's delicious. / It's inedible. I'm only eating it to be polite. / It's delicious.

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It's a point of view. / You are talking rubbish/ They accept that I have a point.

Yep, about the same here. That whole what you say vs. what you mean is so important. It's a bit like being politically correct, I suppose, though you really mean something worse.