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Favorite case of that is Europeans making remarks like “Gosh, it’s so annoying when Americans assume Europe is all one country”.


Nah, Europeans don’t say „gosh”, „gosh” is the annoying American way to avoid saying „god”.


"Gosh" is being used as a sarcasm/irony marker here, it's not being used in earnest.




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