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Have you replaced any British words with their American versions? (self.askuk)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by Oneeightnine to c/askuk

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For example, switching out the word 'boot' for 'trunk', or ditching the word 'rubbish' for 'garbage'.

This is something I've noticed my 6 year old does pretty regularly. We went through a stage where 'sweets' became 'candy', 'holiday' became 'vacation' and 'courgette' became 'zucchini'.

That last one didn't happen but if you're still reading you've got my respect, or as the Americans might say '...mad props'.

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[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 14 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Lol zed zed top

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 7 points 5 months ago

[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 3 points 5 months ago

I used to call him this.

Boy did I get the puss taken out of me

[–] EinfachUnersetzlich@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

I have never heard that said out loud so to me it's zed zed top.

Lay-zed-boy make beds and apparently Dragonball Zed is wrong too?