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Subject: Re: British and North American equivalents Posted on: 31 Aug 2007 18:43:09 GMT

On Fri, 31 Aug 2007 13:31:38 -0500, in rec.travel.europe, "Donald Newcomb"
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:

... "Morcel Moreseaux" wrote in message
... news:1188386297.926206.55470@57g2000hsv.googlegroups.com...
... >http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/art
... icle2341766.ece
... >
... >British and North American equivalents
... >
... >British - North American:
... >
... >aerofoil - airfoil
... >aeroplane - airplane
...
... Some that can cause embarassment at dinner:
... napkin - diaper

You are kidding me.


... serviette - napkin
... stuffed - screwed