Strong work vs Good work

Quid est Veritas? said:

I noticed recently that my American colleagues say Strong Work, where I would have said Good Work. Praising someone else's contribution not as good, but as strong, seems weird to me. It seems as if not passing a judgement on its correctness, but on how robust it is. It almost feels non-committal.

Is this a common American thing to do, regional, or merely a weird idiosyncracy amongst my colleagues?

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Quid est Veritas? said:

I noticed recently that my American colleagues say Strong Work, where I would have said Good Work. Praising someone else's contribution not as good, but as strong, seems weird to me. It seems as if not passing a judgement on its correctness, but on how robust it is. It almost feels non-committal.

Is this a common American thing to do, regional, or merely a weird idiosyncracy amongst my colleagues?

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Quid est Veritas? said:

If it is common in Scandinavia, perhaps it is a regional thing from the Minnesota or Wisconsin area? They had a lot of Scandinavian settlement there.

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Quid est Veritas? said:

It is used exactly where I would have said "good work" or "well done". At first I didn't notice, but once I started listening for it, I heard a number of Americans saying it.

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