Re: Differences between UK English and US English

Subject: Re: Differences between UK English and US English
From: Rebecca Filardo <filardor -at- INTUITIVE -dot- CO -dot- UK>
Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 15:51:39 +0000

Ollie Cornes wrote:

> I wonder if anyone can help me out..

> I am looking for some documentation of the major differences between these two
> languages - ideally a document covering areas deserving particular attention -
> e.g. words with wildly different meanings or undesirable connotations.

Check out this handy web page:

Words that could be confusing & embarrassing in the UK & US
http://www.dur.ac.uk/~dgl3djb/ukus_text.html

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