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Monday, June 22, 2015

American English and British English

USA-UK

Little insights into how people live 'on both sides of the pond':

USA convenience store - corner shop UK
USA Semi - UK articulated lorry or LGV
(USA Truck - UK lorry)
UK - semi-detached house (two linked mirror image houses, some built with corridors and staircases in the middle which keeps the passageways warner in winter whilst the outside rooms need more heating, another style with the lounges and bedrooms alongside - meaning you can be disturbed by conversation/arguments and TV against the party wall but warmer lounge and bedrooms.
USA train station - railway station
USA freight train - goods train

Angela Lansbury, BA Hons, author, travel writer and photographer