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EDDIE51 | 10:04 Fri 14th Jul 2017 | ChatterBank
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On another web site I have been trying to give examples of words / phrases that have a different meaning in the USA from the one they have here.
I have given a few , eg the expression 'To knock up' a person has a totally different meaning in the USA.
Petrol = gas . Sweets = Candy. Power cut = power outage Bum = Tramp
Fanny uk version V Fanny US version
Any more you can think of?
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who said '2 nations divided by a common language' ?
14:37 Sat 15th Jul 2017
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Oscar Wilde....I think !
14:39 Sat 15th Jul 2017
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We say "spanner" and they say "wrench"
14:40 Sat 15th Jul 2017
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Apparently it was Shaw !
14:41 Sat 15th Jul 2017
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Most British folk say dived but Americans say dove (to rhyme with cove)
14:41 Sat 15th Jul 2017
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According Bryson, its us that have changed, not them.

He reckons that all our English words were taken to American in the 16th Century and most of them stayed, but its us that don't use some of them anymore.
14:44 Sat 15th Jul 2017
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just so, mikey, though in some cases the British use may have been regional; a fair few local dialects went out to America with the early settlers.

"Fall" used to be more common than "autumn" here, I believe.
21:50 Sat 15th Jul 2017

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