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Since When Did We Adopt This Americanism?
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When did Diaper take over from nappy in the UK?
I didn't realise it had changed and had to check where this article was from but it is a sunny sout west resort in the UK and not some soutern state in the US.
http:// madworl dnews.c om/girl -tunnel -slides -tears/
Or have I got it wrong and it is a US site with a bit of UK news?
I didn't realise it had changed and had to check where this article was from but it is a sunny sout west resort in the UK and not some soutern state in the US.
http://
Or have I got it wrong and it is a US site with a bit of UK news?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Ummm...the very first time I was in America, in 1977 ( Lakers Skytrain, etc)
I was eating breakfast on the first morning, at a diner just down from my hotel in Manhattan. The waitress was hovering a bit and eventually came over and asked me if I was British. When I told that indeed I was, she replied...."I thought so !.....its the way that you eat with the knife and fork, at the same time ! "
I never realised that such a simple thing would give me away !
I was eating breakfast on the first morning, at a diner just down from my hotel in Manhattan. The waitress was hovering a bit and eventually came over and asked me if I was British. When I told that indeed I was, she replied...."I thought so !.....its the way that you eat with the knife and fork, at the same time ! "
I never realised that such a simple thing would give me away !
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