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Is that even a thing? I've never (not ever) heard them called that. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venero_Mangano

Oh the irony, for "cool" is an old person's word which today's youth don't much use.

Indeed - a great big part of "why do Americans speak funny" is that they speak old-fashioned. WE've changed our language to accommodate our neighbours and colonials.

That's just a nerdy in-joke, not really meant for public consumption, like calling a software bug an "undocumented feature".

I'm uninterested.

They are, aren't they, but wrong thread?

You can apply all the intonation you want, it's not going in...

They have slightly differing implications - "may" is a definite request for permission, whereas "can" could instead be asking about capability (particularly if there's no "please"). e.g. "May I put my whole fist in?" vs "Can I put my whole fist in?"

"Can I get" is certainly an Americanism however, as mentioned previously (on this thread?) this is another example of Old English being preserved by the colonials and the language evolving in Blighty. Indeed, only this week I heard Joe Biden imploring his fellow Americans "if you haven’t gotten...

That's not the same meaning, though. Often or regularly is 40-60 / 100 Almost always is 95-99 / 100. Try again.

What phrase would you use to convey the same meaning?

That is probably from Les Dennis' impression of Mavis from Coronation Street, and the correct line is "I don't really know". Fun fact* - the actual Mavis character only said that line once in her whole 26 year run. I have heard "I don't rightly know" used in real life, but then I am from...