List of words known better by UK people than U.S. people, and vice versa

Thank you! That’s great advice! And I’m happy to hear Henderson’s is still around. I’d heard it hadn’t made it through lockdown.

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A nice hike up Arthur’s Seat wouldn’t be a bad choice, either, especially as a way to get some exercise and a great view while staying socially distanced.

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From Corner Gas:




UK 4

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That’s a great show to watch while having a staycation.

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If the weather improves, and I get back from my tour early enough today, I might do it.

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@Doctor_Faustus

Noticed the food bias was toward the US.

Being Australian, literally colonised by the UK (English) and culturally colonised by the US I was expecting to know more of the US words and ‘level peg’ between both lists. First trip to the US I wasn’t expecting the Spanish and Portuguese languages from the rest of the Americas being so part of the culture… hope it’s more than the good food that’s leaving it’s mark.

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Contrafribularites, anispeptic, frasmotic, compunctuous, pericombobulation, interfrastically…

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Isn’t ‘glandular fever’ the UK equivalent of mono?

yes 'tis.

my mistake.

also 'tis (British) vs. it is (American)

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