Another little difference I enjoy is whether or not words like physics, politics, economics, maths are treated as singular or plural.

A poll! Plz RT!

Choose option for your choice, and for whether you consider yourself to use Hiberno-English or not.

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@ColinTheMathmo "Just about" makes sense for something done by increments: "I'm just about finished"; "I'm just about there"; "I just about understand".

For a binary situation, such as catching or not catching a train, "just about" doesn't make sense.

"I only just caught the train" or "I just missed the train" would express the two options here without ambiguity. #LanguageUse

I’m not 100% comfortable with the proliferation of “gift” as a verb and I might as well just come out and say it.

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