English Word of the Day...

Along with my regular posts about the goings on in mine and Mike's lives, I'm going to post an "English Word of the Day". Today, I'm making an easy, not-so-controversial one. "BRILLIANT" Like the Guiness commericials may illustrate, this word is completely overused. In the American English language, you may use this word in describing a particularly intelligent person or even something that is very bright or shining like a star. Here on the other hand, it's used in place of words like excellent, great, super,fantastic. Where we would intersperse each of those, the English have simplified it in one word....BRILLIANT. And yes, the English even jump around when they shout "Brilliant" like the chaps in the Guinness commerical. More on chap at a later time!