Evan Edinger, an American-British YouTuber living in London who often shares playful comparisons between life in the two countries, recently highlighted how even approaches to the mother tongue can vary widely.

And we’re not talking about “lifts” versus “elevators” or “fries” versus “chips” here. Even terms that seem universal among English speakers can turn out to mean entirely different things.

“English is full of words that quietly flip meaning when you cross the Atlantic. Words that you think sound polite…[but] can really land you in hot water if you use them across the pond,” Edinger said in a now-viral video, before listing some of the most surprising ones he’s come across while living abroad.

Read below and see if there’s an innocent phrase you use often that could be met with furrowed brows should you ever go on a jaunt in jolly old England.

Here are 9 words that quietly flip meaning

Using a graph from YouGov, Edinger showed how in the UK, “quite good” actually ranks lower than “good,” meaning something “quite good” is worse than something “good.” It’d be the same as saying something is “fairly good,” or just so-so. Conversely, in America, it’s used as an........

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