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Originally Posted by Bovon
Spooonfed - Sorry, no offence was intended. It's what's used in the UK.
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No offense taken. As I said, I've lived in Germany for 15 years, so I'm familiar with a lot of British expressions since British English is officially taught in schools and I earn a lot of side money giving help to school kids having trouble with English. (School kids = "pupils". Right? Americans call everyone at every level of schooling a "student".)
The American "you're fired!" is also brutal, I suppose; but it leaves a lot to question. Perhaps you did something wrong, perhaps you didn't fit in, perhaps your performance was poor...whatever. Being "made redundant", on the other hand, sounds like "we don't need you anymore because we have this little tiny mechanism which can do the job just as well as you...you are now unnecessary, superfluous, worthless, a widget to us. Please go away now. Have a nice day."
But these are simple cross-cultural differences. You know, the old "separated by a common language" bit.
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