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In Canada we use this word as a negative: "I was really chuffed that I didn't get that raise." I

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In Canada we use this word as a negative: "I was really chuffed that I didn't get that raise." I only heard it as a positive when I watched British TV. Yet, my Mother came to Canada from Britain when was 14, and I grew up with my British grandmother-never heard it as a positive from them. Odd, that one.

In Canada we use this word as a negative: "I was really chuffed that I didn't get that raise."

I only heard it as a positive when I watched British TV. Even though my mother came to Canada from Britain when she was 14, and I grew up with my British grandmother — never heard it as a positive from them. Odd, that one.

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In Canada we use this word as a negative: "I was really chuffed that I didn't get that raise." I only heard it as a positive when I watched British TV. Yet, my Mother came to Canada from Britain when was 14, and I grew up with my British grandmother-never heard it as a positive from them. Odd, that one.