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

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 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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[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Expat in the US. I met a guy called "Z" the other day - I didn't want to be a cunt and pronounce his name wrong, so I went along with it.

I do pronounce Aaron correctly and not call them "Erin" though.

[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 1 points 7 months ago

Yeah it really isn't hard to double up on the a sound.

Aaron