Steve and I played this word game last week driving down the California coast.
Find common words that are different in US English and English English. Post with both versions. One post per person - unless there have been no posts for 24 hours, then you can post again!!
I will start:
US: Gas UK: Petrol
When we are done, I will gather time all for our US-UK dictionary!
And may I add for Pauline's sake -- read through all the posts before adding yours; we are starting to get duplicates, and Pauline doesn't need any more work than she has already volunteered for.
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and Whale.watcher and Tim W: re. the waistcoat pronounced weskit thing. This is not a regional thing but an archaeic form of upper class pronounciation, almost never heard nowadays except on the stage. It has disappeared along with huntin' shootin' and fishin' which used to be the 'correct' way to pronounce these pastimes.
"I'll knock on your door in the morning."