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Friday, June 9, 2017

Americanisms and Britishisms : pension, scheme,



Problem
Do they know what I mean?

Americanisms - Britishisms
Kick butt /ass - act decisively and harshly, motivate, punish

Britishisms - Americanisms
c.v. (Curriculum vitae) resumee
pensioner - retiree (Senior / Senior citizen in Singapore)
retirement plan - pension scheme
To Americans a scheme sounds illegal. In the UK a schemer or to be scheming sounds illegal. But a scheme can be neutral.

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Angela Lansbury

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