Lists of words having different meanings in American and British English

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Lists of words having different meanings in American and British English

Post by Erik_Kowal » Sat Jan 31, 2015 8:10 am

This Wikipedia page is a useful resource for comparing differences in usage for a large number of words that are in current use either in the USA or Britain, or both.

The page actually points to two lists.

The first is titled List of words having different meanings in American and British English: A–L

The second is titled List of words having different meanings in American and British English: M–Z
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