At a lecture by a British expert which I attended yesterday, he showed an intricate graphic in a PowerPoint slide and said, “This is gloriously complicated, but actually very useful to see the status of.......”
Gloriously complicated...wow. Having been exposed to American English in day-to-day work, the words sounded so fresh to me. Somehow, I felt Americans won’t make this kind of word choice. The British speaker also said, “Utterly amazing” and concluded by saying “Thank you very much, indeed.” Again, I don’t think Americans would usually add “indeed”.
I wondered what makes this word choice difference...?
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