I don’t think it will ever be the same. “Tickety-boo” sounds like a natural exclamation of the British. It would never go over with Americans. “Cool” has been entrenched in our language for decades, appropriate for our laid-back mentality.
That’s a real cultural dissonance.
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I don’t think it will ever be the same. “Tickety-boo” sounds like a natural exclamation of the British. It would never go over with Americans. “Cool” has been entrenched in our language for decades, appropriate for our laid-back mentality.
That’s a real cultural dissonance.
Thanks for your commentary