http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19929249

So come on Americans, which Britishisms do you use in your speech?

I wish I could use gobsmacked. That's a great word.

How about the English language?

What? Don't be like that, Jorge.

i am terribly guilty of this, thanks mainly to the ricky gervais podcasts. i love english culture and the language is the best part of it. here are the terms i use regularly:

bollocks: this is my go-to swear word for when i fuck something up.
twat: okay, this isn't british, but they use the word the way we use idiot. i say twat a lot because there are a lot of twats out there.
faffing: i've got kids, so i can't say, "quit fucking around." i now say, "quit faffing about."
go on: let's say someone says, "i can't stand her." instead of why, i say go on. feels pretty british.
having a laugh: i use this instead of you've got to be kidding.

once in a while, i'll sneak in a cheers or mate with people who don't know who i am. some dude at de luna held the portapotty door for me as he walked out and i walked in and i said, "cheers, mate."

here are the words i wish i could use because i love them, but there is no way i could get away with them:

knackered, shattered, whinging, all right? (for hello), mong, bog standard, chuffed, crackin', knob, daft, pissed, nowt, slapper

Bugger is a good one.

Bugger off.
Filthy little bugger.
Penchant for buggery.
And so forth.

I'll say wonky, but that's about it.

I probably use more than most because I have 3 brothers that are English.

sussed out
taking the piss out of
mucking about
graft
kit
wanker
whinging
nutter
pants
dosh
mobile (instead of cell phone)
pap

This is heartwarming stuff, guys. Inglishteecher, is 'twat' not British?

I feel like hearing some of these words or phrases spoken with an American accent would be pretty off-putting

I guess one dropped every few weeks would be OK.

My kids are very attached to their uncles and to the U.K. and Ireland in general. Using these phrases around the house keeps the distant members of my family close. It may sound cheesy, but it's important for me to stay connected with that side of my lineage and language is a easy way to do that.

i know what you mean. shattered definitely does not work. when a manc says it, it sounds like sha-erd. the t is pretty much silent, and i love that. it's like they're so shattered they don't have the energy to enunciate. daft is another one that never sounds right, for some reason, which is a real shame. the rest sound fine.

harmless, i don't know if twat originates in england or not. i just know that it's used more liberally there. i once was on a tour bus to stratford and the guide openly referred to a shitty drive on the road as a twat. twat and, even more so, cunt are pretty harsh terms in america.

i remembered another one i'm pretty fond of: grind. i use that mainly condescendingly when someone is bitching about some simple task they have to do - oh, that's a real grind.

oh, and i also love when i hear someone say, "man alive!" i have no idea if it's british or not, but it's bfa.

62strat and inglishteecher: a case

I'm probably teaching grandma to suck eggs, but t he missing 't' on 'sha'ered' is known as a glottal stop, and a lot of English people do it when the 't' is in the middle or end of the word. As well as Mancs or Scousers, Londoners, particularly West End, are classically the worst for it. I drop a 't' every now and then as I spent a while living in and around London (and most people do sometimes anyway, unless they're really posh).

Wonky is one of my favorite words. Had no idea it was a "Britishism."

I'll say bollocks sometimes. But you have to be careful with a word like that. It's hard to pull off if you're American. It needs context and inflection and sincerity.

This was the dog's.

My Dad is Scottish and cunt is his favourite swear word ever, and therefore it's also mine. He has this way of saying it which is so offhand but also emphasises the final consonant -- cunT -- that just gives the word SO much vehemence but also makes the object of scorn seem so insignificant at the same time. Brilliant.

Also, bollocks is a great word. It covers everything from a dropped fork at the dinner table, to a broken down car, to a flood which makes your kitchen unusable for a year.

It's fucking hot as hell when a girl likes to say cunt.

I like bollocks as an adjective: "Sorry but that argument is bollocks."