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Re: British or American English?



On 1 Jul 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote:

> >>"Oliver" == Oliver Elphick <olly@lfix.co.uk> writes:
> 
>  Oliver> When it comes to normal life, the differences can be highly
>  Oliver> embarrassing or even dangerous!
> 
>  Oliver> E.g.: rubber, pants, pavement
> 
> 	Pavement? 

Pavement (UK) == Sidewalk (USA)

(But a native English might want to provide a better explanation ;)

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