Re: British v. American Vocabulary (Update)


9 Sep 1995 15:06:56 -0500

In article <GTP10.95Sep8094736@bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk>,
Dr G.T. Parks <gtp10@bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
>jzahn@aol.com (JZahn) writes:
>
>> Anyhow, here is the expanded list I've compiled from your responses:
>>
>> American British
>> -------------- -----------------

Here's another I came across recently on another newsgroup:

eraser rubber
rubber (i.e. condom) ??????

Plenty of opportunity for misunderstanding there...

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