Although American English has a lot of archaic English in it, most British English speakers use a huge amount of American English in every language without even realising it. Here are some everyday Americanisms used in British English O.K.: Teenager, belittle, guy, dude, commuter, takeout, touch base, my bad, heads up – even weekend was popularised in the US first. 'Gotten', however, hasn’t been used in British English for about 200 years
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