This is 1Password’s first deal with a major distributor, and they plan to use it to expand their reseller base globally through TD SYNNEX’s broad reach.
A CircleID post by Alexander Klimburg takes aim at my article, "The Power to Govern Ourselves," delivered at the Gig-Arts conference in June. That speech, available here on the blog, argued that: "Multistakeholder does not describe a governance model. It never has. It was always a compromised Public Relations concept," one that muddied the distinction between governance by state actors and non-state actors. What really made the Internet institutions unique was their break with sovereignty.
In this video, I share some search engine keywords that managed service providers should avoid.
Source: Keywords Managed Service Providers Should Avoid - Technibble.com
"Brain-computer interfaces are a groundbreaking technology that can help paralyzed people regain functions they’ve lost."
הזדמנות להשתלבות בחברה מובילה בתחומה, עם תנאים מעולים ואווירה צעירה ודינאמית!אנו מחפשים מועמד /ת חד /ה ובעל /ת הבנה בעולם האינטרנט: Wordpress ו- Elementor, html css, התעסקות עם דומיינים, קידום ממומן ואורגני.במסגרת התפקיד: * עבודה רחבה מול ממשקי לקוח, הקמת אתרים חדשים, תוך ליווי וטיפול בלקוח באופן מקצועי ומלא, עד המוצר המוגמר. * ניסיון קודם ב Wordpress ו- Elementor- חובה.* הכרות עם תוכנת Photoshop - יתרון.* בעל /ת ניסיון קודם בתחום - יתרון.* חריצות, יכולת קליטה מהירה ועמידה בלחץ.*
One of my accounts in Outlook went from “Trying to connect” to “Need Password” in the Status Bar.
However, pressing on the “Need Password” icon doesn’t bring up the dialog to enter my username and password. The dialog isn’t hidden behind Outlook either, although sometimes it looks like it opens and closes really fast again.
No dialog comes up either when clicking on the "Type Exchange Password & Connect" button nor when the Notification comes up that Outlook needs your password.
How do I get myself in a Connected state again?
Long tail keywords have taken on a greater importance in organic search, especially with the ever-increasing momentum of mobile users. Whether driving traffic to your website, or promoting a PPC ad campaign, the value of long tail keywords create better targeted action for your marketing and sales funnels. Google’s Hummingbird engine has a conversational search […]
If you’ve used Google’s Keyword Tool, you’ve probably seen the column called “Competitiveness,” with levels low, medium, and high. The low. medium, and high are based on the competitiveness of a keyword among paid search advertisers. The more advertisers are bidding on a keyword, the higher the competitiveness. By itself, paid search competitiveness tells you […]
Get ready to test your vocabulary and spelling skills with Zanagrams, the addictive iOS game that's perfect for word puzzle enthusiasts of all ages. In this episode Thomas Domville will demonstrate Zanagrams: Word Puzzles with a Twist. Zanagrams is a fast-paced word game that challenges players to identify and unscramble hidden words within a grid of letters. With its simple rules but increasing difficulty, Zanagrams is easy to pick up but hard to put down. Whether you're a seasoned word game player or just a casual puzzle fan, Zanagrams is sure to provide hours of fun and entertainment.
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In this episode, Thomas Domville shows you how to share passwords and passkeys with people you trust on iOS.
With password sharing in iOS 17, iPadOS 17, and macOS Sonoma, you can create a shared group and add your family and friends to it. Then you can choose which passwords and passkeys you want to share with them. The shared credentials will sync across all the devices in the group.
Step-by-step:
To create a shared group, go to Settings > Passwords and double-tap the Add button in the top-right corner. Double-tap "New Shared Group," name the group, and double-tap Add People. Type in the contact information of the people you want to add, then double-tap Add. Double-tap Create to continue.
You will then be prompted to select passwords you want to share with the group; double-tap the ones you want to share, then double-tap the Move button in the top-right corner. If you are not ready to share any passwords yet, double-tap "Not Now."
To edit a group, go to Settings > Passwords and double-tap the name of the group. Double-tap "Manage" to add or remove members, change the group name, or delete the group.
To accept or decline an invitation to a group, make sure your device has iOS 17 or later, iPadOS 17 or later, or macOS Sonoma or later. Go to Settings > Passwords > Group Invitations and double-tap the invitation. Double-tap Accept to join the group, or Decline to reject it.
Festivals and photography exhibition set to celebrate the city's poetry and spoken word scene.
Here are the words to avoid so you can have the best podcast title that will clearly communicate to potential audiences and stand out in searches.
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Is there a way to change the Microsoft voice Zira so she stops saying "Mississippi" when the word miss is used as a title or with a period at the end of it? I found two files (MSTTSLocEnUS.dat and MSTTSLocEnCA.dat) in the folder C:WindowsSpeech_OneCoreEnginesTTS that contain the text "mississippi" but they are both dat files and when I open them in Wordpad or Notepad, I cannot find the text. I looked in Windows Speech options and there is no place to fix pronunciations. I am using Windows 11 and it does not seem to happen when I use the David voice, only the Zira voice.
In our triumphant return to posting podcasts at the turn of the month, Jess and I talk about time management and reminders, complicated conversational dynamics, the assassination of JFK (but only very briefly), and a bunch of somewhat more MetaFilter-centric things. We time-managed our way up to about 93 minutes. Also I play a euphonium.
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There is power in words. Words can bring life, and words can bring death. God wants us to speak words of encouragement.
Sundays, noon to three Pacific via Roll20 and Discord! Room for up to four players! Swords of the Serpentine is a fantasy role-playing game based on the GUMSHOE engine. It emphasizes investigative play, following leads, unraveling mysteries, and over-the-top swashbuckling action. To quote the blurb on the back of the rulebook: "a game of daring heroism, sly politics, and bloody savagery, set in a fantasy city rife with skullduggery and death". No experience necessary, we're all new to the game and learning together.
We are: two old guys and one of 'em's college-aged kid who have just wrapped up a Blades in the Dark campaign that ran 20-something sessions and are looking for a new game to play.
You are:
committed to playing weekly
familiar with and able to access to both Discord and Roll20 reliably
up for a role-playing game that emphasizes world-building through player participation
interested in joining a friendly and welcoming table that likes sampling different systems (yeah, we gonna hafta play Eat The Reich pretty soon, I think...)
If this sounds like a thing you'd be interested in doing, leave a comment below. I'll follow up with you via MeFi mail and we'll take it from there.
There is power in words. Words can bring life, and words can bring death. God wants us to speak words of encouragement.
When Jocelyn discovered that her dying hospital patient was watching Amazing Facts on TV, she knew that God had miraculously opened the door of salvation to a hurting, frightened soul. Millions are facing a hopeless future without Jesus. You can bring these lost people to the Lord through your compassionate gifts. The messages you help send out may be the last words they hear. Thank you for caring!
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What a Weekend!
I hope you folks enjoyed the weekend. It was a great one... especially Sunday. Labrador City was the warmest spot in Province at 9.1 degrees!!! Happy Valley-Goose Bay hit 8.1, which was officially a new record. Here are some of the other Sunday temps...
Labrador City: 9.1
Badger: 8.4
Goose Bay: 8.1
Mary's Harbour: 7.9
Rocky Harbour: 7.9
Terra Nova: 7.8
Gander: 7.8
Deer Lake: 7.1
Another really nice one today AWAY from the Northeast Coast which has a Northerly flow setup again. Western Newfoundland could see 5 or 6 degrees again today as well as Happy Valley-Goose Bay. However the warmest spot in the Province will once again be Labrador City, where double digits are possible later this afternoon.
COLD FRONT APPROCHES
There is a cold front moving through Northern Quebec today and that will slice into Labrador tonight/tomorrow and then into Newfoundland on Wednesday. That front will drop temperatures back to Normal and bring some flurries in as well. More details on that, tonight on Here & Now.
A Picture Is Worth 1000 Words
It's the old saying... and really it proves true when you're looking at the Satellite Pictures below.
It's been awhile since we've had clear enough days to view our Province from space... but Saturday and Sunday we're perfect. These images are courtesy of NASA's MODIS Satellite.
SATURDAY
-Eastern Newfoundland was a bit cloudy on Saturday but what a view of the Western half of the Island and up the Northern Peninsula. You can clearly see the lack of Ice in Gulf and up through the Strait. There is a bit... but not much up along the Southeast Coast of Labrador up to Black Tickle. From there it does appear to thicken up a bit to the North... but the Cloud cover mixing in makes it tough to see.
SUNDAY
-A much better image of Southern Newfoundland. You can clearly see where the Snow cover had retreated along the Coast around the Southern half of the Avalon. Another great shot of the Bay of Exploits where again, I'm not seeing much ice at all. A bit of Snow retreat along the South Coast... but not much through Central yet.
The other spot where you can see the Snow has started to melt... is along the Humber River North of Deer Lake through the Humber Valley.
Gulf of St. Lawrence
This image was taken on Sunday as well. Again, you can clearly see no ice in the Gulf and even down into the St. Lawrence River.
See you tonight on Here & Now.
Ryan
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The Denver district attorney has launched an investigation into how a spreadsheet of voting system passwords ended up on the Colorado secretary of state's website earlier this year.
"Hundreds of voting machine passwords were accidentally released but what exactly was Secretary of State Jena Griswold doing to address the security breach?" -- The Denver Post Editorial Board
Many of us know Ava Abramowitz, a retired Professorial Lecturer in Law at George Washington. She recently gave a presentation at the Garibaldi Inn of Court, “Making Words Matter.” The communication behaviors discussed in her presentation can give mediators, lawyers, disputants and litigants more tools to communicate. and in the process, help them develop additional … Continue reading Ava Abramowitz on Making Words Matter
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As you all know, I continue to use WordStar for DOS 7.0 as my word-processing program. It was last updated in December 1992, and the company that made it has been defunct for decades; the program is abandonware. There was no proper archive of WordStar for DOS 7.0 available online, so I decided to create […]
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Below are two lists of nominations for Japanese buzzword of the year. Each has 30 entries, and from each list one will be chosen as the respective winner. Since the two lists are already quite long and rich, I will keep my own comments (mostly at the bottom and focusing on phoneticization) to a minimum. […]
British slang. Sexually attractive, good-looking.
1985 Observer 28 Apr. 45/1 ‘Better 'en that bird you blagged last night.’ ‘F—— off! She was fit.’1993 V. Headley Excess iv. 21 ‘So wait; dat fit brown girl who live by de church ah nuh your t'ing?!’ he asked eyebrows raised.1999 FHM June (Best of Bar Room Jokes & True Stories Suppl.) 21/1 My first night there, I got arseholed, hit the jackpot and retired with my fit flatmate to her room.2000 Gloucester Citizen (Nexis) 14 Feb. 11 I would choose Gillian Anderson from the X-Files, because she's dead fit.
M1: God, she's fit.
M2: She is so hot.
M1: So fit.
Yesterday, I declared the UK-to-US SbaCL Word of the Year. You can read about it here.
The US-to-UK one may be as controversial as it was the first time (a)round (in May). But here goes:
Twitter has been my main internet stomping ground since 2009, but I've been withdrawing my labo(u)r from it since October, when it became much more volatile for some reason.
The New York Times Spelling Bee has been my morning-coffee activity for some of those years, and since November 2020 I've been jokingly tweeting the BrE words that it hasn't accepted. These go in a thread of posts that always start:
Perfectly Common BrE Words the @NYTimesGames Spelling Bee Has Denied Me: An Occasional Series
Twitter has really degraded this week, which is making me feel a bit sad that perhaps that thread will have to die. (I'm also sad that the thread has frayed along the way—it's very difficult to read it all the way to the beginning because it splits here and there.) So as a clearly procrastinatory measure, I'm putting the list of "perfectly common BrE words" here, with a little more explanation than they tended to get on Twitter.
For those who don't know the Bee: it's an anagram game where one must use the middle letter. The twist—and what makes it a superior anagram game—is that you can use any of the letters as many times as you like. Here's what it looked like on the 5th of April when I hadn't yet got to Genius level. (My goal every day is 'make it to Genius before breakfast'. It's nice to be called 'Genius' before you've started work.)
The game, of course, has its own word list, which is suitably American for its New York Times home. Still, some not-usually-AmE words are playable, like FLATMATE, LORRY and PRAM. But many words that are part of my everyday vocabulary in England are not playable. And non-AmE spellings are generally not playable.
There's been a lot of attention to AmE words that (orig. AmE) stump non-American players in Wordle. (Here's Cambridge Dictionary's 2022 Word of the Year post, which covers some—and includes a video in which I talk about why HOMER was a great choice for Word of the Year.) Not as much attention has been paid to the Spelling Bee, which you need to subscribe to. I'm sure British players have their own (mental) lists of American words they've had to learn in order to get "Queen Bee" status (finding all the day's words) in the game. If you're one of them, do use the comments to tell us about those weird words.
So, after all that preamble, here are the "Perfectly Common BrE Words the @NYTimesGames Spelling Bee Has Denied Me" words in alphabetical order, with translations or links to other blog posts. But first, a bit more preamble. The disclaimers!
AGGRO aggression, aggressive behavio[u]r
AITCH the letter. Less need to spell it as a word in AmE. See this old post.
ANAEMIA / ANAEMIC AmE anemia/anemic
ANNEXE minority spelling in BrE; usually, as in AmE, it's annex
APNOEA AmE apnea
APPAL AmE appall; old post on double Ls
ARDOUR old post on -or/-our
ARGYBARGY this is a bit of a joke entry because it's usually spelled/spelt ARGY-BARGY (a loud argument), but the Squeeze album has no hyphen.ARMOUR -or/-our
BALLACHE something annoying or tedious (usually hyphenated, but some dictionaries include the closed-up version)
BIBBED I don't know why this shows up more in BrE data, but it does, just meaning 'wearing a bib'
BINMAN / BINMEN AmE garbage man (among other terms); old post on bin
BINT derogatory term for a woman
BITTY having lots of unconnected parts, often leaving one feeling unsatisfied; for example, this blog post is a bit bitty
BLUB / BLUBBING to sob (= general English blubbering)
BOAK retch, vomit, throw up a bit in the mouth. That was gross. Sorry.
BOBBLY having bobbles
BOBBY I think this one might be playable now. Informal term for police officer. In AmE, found in bobby pins.
BODGE / BODGED make or fix something badly
BOFFIN see this old post
BOLLOCK / BOLLOCKED reprimand severely
BOLLOX This one's more common in Irish English than BrE. To screw something up.
BOKE see BOAK
BONCE the head (informal)
BOYO a boy/man (Welsh informal)
BRILL short for brilliant, meaning 'excellent'; also a kind of European flatfish
BROLLY umbrella (informal)
BUNG / BUNGING to put (something) (somewhere) quickly/carelessly. People cooking on television are always bunging things in the oven.
BUTTY see this old post
CAFF a café, but typically used of the kind that is analogous to an AmE diner (that is to say a café is not as fancy in BrE as it would be in AmE)
CAWL a soupy Welsh dish (recipe); also a kind of basket
CEILIDH a Scottish social dance (event)
CHANNELLED post on double Ls
CHAPPIE a chap (man)
CHAV / CHAVVY see this old post and/or this one
CHICANE a road arrangement meant to slow drivers down; see this old post
CHILLI see this old post
CHIMENEA / CHIMINEA the 'e' spelling is considered etymologically "correct" but the 'i' spelling seems to be more common in UK; I think these kinds of outdoor fireplaces are just more trendy in UK than in US?
CHIPPIE alternative spelling of chippy, informal for a (fish and) chip shop
| "cholla" at a UK online supermarket |
CHOLLA a spelling of challah (the bread)
CLAG mud; more common is claggy for 'having a mud-like consistency'
COLOUR -or/-our
CONNEXION this is a very outdated spelling of connection. Not actually used in UK these days, but wouldn't it be nice to be able to play it?
COOTCH a hiding place, a shed or similar (from Welsh cwtch)
COUNCILLOR post on double Ls
CRAIC it's really an Irish one (a 'good time'), but it qualifies here because it's used more in BrE than AmE (and understood pretty universally in UK)
CRIM criminal
CUTTY short (in some UK dialects)
DADO as in dado rail, what's often called a chair rail in AmE (here's a picture)
DEFENCE AmE defense
DEMOB /DEMOBBED de-mobilize(d); that is, released from the (BrE) armed forces / (AmE) military
DENE a valley (esp. a narrow, wooded one) or a low sand dune near the sea (regional)
DEVILLED post on double Ls
DIALLING post on double Ls
DIDDY small (dialectal); see this old post
DOBBED / DOBBING actually Australian, dob = to inform on someone; see this old post on the BrE equivalent grass (someone) up
DODDLE it's a doddle = (orig. AmE) it's a piece of cake (very easy)
DOOLALLY out of one's mind
EQUALLED post on double Ls
FAFF / FAFFING one of the most useful BrE words. See this old post.
FARL a kind of (AmE) quick bread, usually cut into triangles; can be made of various things, but here's a recipe for a common kind, the potato farl
FAVOUR -or/-our
FILMIC cinematic, relating to film
FITMENT = AmE fixture, i.e. a furnishing that is fit(ted) in place
FLANNELETTE = AmE flannel old post on flannels
FLAVOUR -or/-our
FLAVOURFUL -or/-our
FOETAL AmE (and BrE medical) fetal
FOOTMAN a servant or (formerly soldier (of a particular rank)
FUELLED post on double Ls
FULFIL post on double Ls
GADGIE / GADGE guy, man, boy (regional)
GAMMON this post covers the meat meaning, but lately it's also used as an insult for Brexiteers and their political similars
GAMMY (of a body part) not working well; e.g., I have a gammy knee
GANNET a type of sea bird, but also BrE slang for a greedy person
GAOL now less common spelling for jail
GIBBET gallows; to hang (a person) [not really in current use]
GIGGED / GIGGING to perform at a gig [playable as of May 2023]
GILET covered at this clothing post and also at this pronunciation post
GIPPING form of gip, a synonym of BOAK (see above)
GITE French, but used in English for a type of holiday/vacation cottage
GOBBED / GOBBING form of gob, which as a noun means 'mouth', but as a verb means 'spit'
GOBBIN waste material from a mine
GOBBY mouthy
GOOLY (more often GOOLIE, GOOLEY) a testicle (informal, see GDoS)
| getting gunged/slimed |
GURN / GURNING see this old post
HAITCH = AITCH, but pronounced differently See this old post.
HALLO old-fashioned hello
HENCH strong, fit (like a weightlifter)
HOLDALL a duffel bag or similar heavy-duty bag; often spelled with a hyphen (hold-all), but at least some places don't.
HOOPOE a kind of bird (mostly African), which sometimes makes it to England
HOGMANAY it is a proper noun, but I wanted to include it anyway
HOICK / HOIK to lift/pull abruptly
HOTCHPOTCH AmE hodgepodge
INNIT invariant tag question: isn't it?
INVIGILATING AmE proctoring; old post
JAMMY lucky; old post
KIRK church (Scotland)
KIPPING form of kip, to take a nap
LAIRY (esp. of a person) unpleasantly loud, garish
LAMBING form of to lamb, give birth to lambs. Often heard in lambing time or lambing season
LAMPED form of to lamp, to hit a person very hard
LARKING form of to lark, 'to behave in a silly way for fun'
LAYBY AmE turnout (and other synonyms/regional terms); a place where a car can move out of the flow of traffic (usually has a hyphen lay-by, but I found one dictionary that doesn't require it)
LIDO an outdoor public swimming pool; there's some debate about how to pronounce it
LILO a blow-up mattress for floating on in a pool
LINO short for linoleum
LOLLY lollipop or (AmE) popsicle (especially in ice lolly)
LOVAGE a(n) herb that Americans don't see very often [has been added! Played successfully on 3 May 2023]
LUPIN AmE lupine, a flower
LURGI / LURGY see this old post
MEDIAEVAL the less common spelling of medieval
MILLIARD (no longer really used) a thousand million, i.e. a billion
MILORD address term for a nobleman
MINGE a woman's pubic hair/area (not flattering)
MINGING foul, bad smelling, ugly (rhymes with singing!)
MODELLED post on double Ls
MOGGY a cat (informal)
MOOB man boob
MOULT AmE molt (related to -or/-our)
MOZZIE mosquito
MUPPET in its lower-case BrE sense: 'idiot; incompetent person'
NAFF this has come up in posts about 'untranslatables' and about a study that identified common BrE words Americans don't know
NAPPY AmE diaper
NAVVY a manual labo(u)rer (old-fashioned)
NEEP Scottish English for what the English call a swede and what Americans call a rutabaga (old post on the latter two)
NELLY in the BrE phrase not on your nelly (= AmE not on your life)
NIFFY unpleasant-smelling
NOBBLE to unfairly influence an outcome; steal
NOBBLY alternative spelling of knobbly (which is more common in both AmE & BrE)
NONCY adjective related to nonce (sex offender, p[a]edophile)
NOWT nothing (dialectal)
ODOUR -or/-our
OFFENCE AmE offense
OFFIE short for BrE off-licence; AmE liquor store (discussed a little in this old post)
ORACY the speaking version of literacy; in US education, it's called orality
PACY having a good or exciting pace (e.g. a pacy whodunnit)
PAEDO short for pa(e)dophile
PANTO see this post
PAPPED / PAPPING from pap, to take paparazzi pictures
PARLOUR -or/-our
PARP a honking noise
PEDALLED post on double Ls
PELMET another one from the study that identified common BrE words Americans don't know
PENG slang for 'excellent'
PIEMAN / PIEMEN this one is usually two words (pie man), but I was able to find a dictionary that allowed it as a single word, so I added it to the list
PIPPED / PIPPING pip = to defeat by a small amount; often heard in to be pipped at the post
PITTA another spelling for pita, more in line with the BrE pronunciation of the word
PLAICE another one from the study that identified common BrE words Americans don't know
PLUMMY see this post
PODGY chubby
POMMY another Australian one, but English people know it because it's an insult directed at them, often in the phrase pommy bastard
PONCE / PONCY see this post
PONGING horrible-smelling
POOED / POOING see this post for the poo versus poop story
POOTLE to travel along at a leisurely speed
POPPADOM / POPPADUM anything to do with Indian food is going to be found more in UK than US
PORRIDGY like porridge, which in AmE is oatmeal
PUFFA full form: puffa jacket; a kind of quilted jacket; it is a trademark, but used broadly; I did find it in one dictionary with a lower-case p
PUNNET see this old post
RAILCARD you buy one and it gives you discounts on train tickets
RANCOUR -or/-our
RUMOUR -or/-our
TANNOY AmE loudspeaker, public address system (originally a trademark, but now used generically)
TARTY dressed (etc.) in a provocative manner
TELLY (orig.) AmE tv
TENCH a Eurasian fish
THALI another Indian menu word
THICKO stupid person
TIDDY small (dialectal)
TIFFIN usually referring to chocolate tiffin (recipe)
TINNING AmE canning
TITBIT see this post
TITCH a small person
TIZZ = tizzy (to be in a tizz[y])
TOFF an upper-class person (not a compliment)
TOMBOLA see this post
TOTTED / TOTTING see this post
TOTTY an objectifying term for (usually) a woman
TRUG a kind of basket; these days, often a handled rubber container
TUPPENCE two pence
TWIGGED, TWIGGING form of twig 'to catch on, understand'UNEQUALLED post on double Ls
UNVETTED related to my 2008 Word of the Year
VALOUR -or/-our
VIVA an oral exam (short for viva voce)
WANK / WANKING my original Word of the Year (2006!)
WEEING AmE peeing
WELLIE / WELLY a (BrE) wellington boot / (AmE) rubber boot
WHIN a plant (=furze, gorse)
WHINGE AmE whine (complain)
WILLIE / WILLY penis
WOAD a plant used to make blue dye
WOLD a clear, upland area (mostly in place names now)
WOOLLEN post on double Ls
YOBBO / YOBBY hooligan / hooliganish
YODELLED post on double Ls
Each year since 2006, this blog has designated Transatlantic Words of the Year (WotY). The twist is that I choose the most 'of the year' borrowings from US-to-UK and from UK-to-US. The question this year raises is: does 2023 deserve SbaCL Words of the Year?
The eligibility criteria remain:
See here for the UK-to-US WotY post.
Time for the 2023 US-to-UK Word of the Year. Before people complain that this word has been in British English too long for it to count as a word of 2023, let me remind you of the criteria for SbaCL WotYs:
[I]n American English, right conveys the speaker's knowing stance and, in certain environments, the speaker's claim of primary knowledge. In contrast, in British English, right registers provided information as previously unknown, informative, and relevant to the current speaker's ongoing project.
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[S]ome UK usages of right—such as registering of potentially consequential information and projecting a transition—are quite similar to US okay in comparable positions [...]. This suggests a possibility that, in US English, okay took over some of the right usages and/or, in UK English, right took over some of the okay usages."
Their research was inspired by this interaction between BrE-speaking "AB" and AmE speaker "GA":
So, essentially, the British use of right in that context leads GA to think that AB is confirming (rather than acknowledging receipt of) the information. If AB had said OK, then GA would have understood it as acknowledgement rather than confirmation.
Even though the researchers note differences in usage between BrE and AmE okay (though keep in mind that their research is about right), it seems like a fitting US-to-UK WotY because (in whichever usages), it's used more than ever in the UK. Here it is in the British section of the News on the Web corpus, where it shows OK and okay climbing in the last couple of years.
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