various British references (cont.)

[William Ryan]

I second that. Definitely US and possibly other US influenced varieties 
of English, context usually disparaging, or heard as such by British 
ears (mine anyway).

Will Ryan


John Dunn wrote:
> It is presumably another example of the German/Yiddish influence on U.S. English.  And it is no doubt the Germanic origins which make the word sound to my ear like something that might be said by the commandant of a German P.O.W. camp in a parody of a World War II film ('For you Britishers the war is over').
>
> John Dunn.
>
>   

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