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British vs American English 🥰

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Eric Osborne ♱3 months ago

Not such thing as British English. There is just English.

Ruffin Perri-Greno's profile picture
Ruffin Perri-Greno3 months ago

English. So how about the Americans. What’s their language called?

Eric Osborne ♱'s profile picture
Eric Osborne ♱3 months ago

English

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NetoGolias3 months ago

... I'm Brazilian, I use a mix of everything ...

Ruffin Perri-Greno's profile picture
Ruffin Perri-Greno3 months ago

Same here

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George563 months ago

Its NOT BRITISH English its our language so its just ENGLISH You are the ones who've changed it.

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Ruffin Perri-Greno3 months ago

How about the Americans. How do they call it

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Mark Goodyear3 months ago

By 1846, people in England were using "copper" to describe a police officer. By 1859, the term "copper" was being shortened to "cop." The verb "to cop" dates back hundreds of years in British slang, and it is derived from Old French and Latin roots (capere) meaning to capture. In Britain to this day, "to cop" means catch/seize/capture. I'm guessing Americans started using "cop" in this way later than the British but I don't know for sure. I wasn't aware they really did so until now. In US movies and TV shows, I thought it was rarely used. (Source material: Google.) Anyway, thanks for your interesting post!

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Ruffin Perri-Greno3 months ago

Great

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DR.WATSON.3 months ago

Ghanaians have torchlight 😂

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Ruffin Perri-Greno3 months ago

😂

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SupersonicSaiyan3 months ago

We do use Police, Taxi, Sofa, and SOMETIMES Queue in the US.

Ruffin Perri-Greno's profile picture
Ruffin Perri-Greno3 months ago

Mixed up

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Geetrend 📛3 months ago

Borrow is called loan Borrow me money in Britain... How do American call it @grok

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Southwest Tee3 months ago

Patiently waited for that Chemist Pharmacy and Chemist ain’t the same thing We have pharmacy where you can get drugs and chemist are scientists that studies how drug works

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北代 樹3 months ago

Differences in Spelling. UK - USA realise - realize colour - color centre - center travelling - traveling analogue - analog tyre - tire

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Santosh Rao3 months ago

Dustbin …… trash can Spectacles …… glass Signal …… light Footpath……. Side walk ……… and many more

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Bigman_D813 months ago

Holiday is still called holiday. Vacation is a trip people typically take on the holidays but not always on a holiday. Police and cop are interchangeable in America. Taxi or cab is a bit interchangeable meaning we use either or.

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Ask the word!3 months ago

Ooooooh am so British.

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KaiWakaWaka3 months ago

I don't know any British people who call a cab a taxi.

Ruffin Perri-Greno's profile picture
Ruffin Perri-Greno3 months ago

Really

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migrantwood3 months ago

Older generation of colonized indians use British words, newer generation of imitator indians use American words.😅

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Desmond Kegeri3 months ago

Who has noticed this, Ghanaians use to speak British English but these days we have adopted the American English.

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JGZ3 months ago

😂

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Ruffin Perri-Greno3 months ago

It’s funny 😂

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K311ma83 months ago

日本ではタクシーとエレベーターっていう風に、どちらも使ってるな…

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Ruffin Perri-Greno3 months ago

lol 😂

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🍒🍀 Luigi➕🔝3 months ago

Everything is mixed up here in Ghana

Ruffin Perri-Greno's profile picture
Ruffin Perri-Greno3 months ago

A lot does that

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marc🇺🇦3 months ago

🇺🇸: Cigarettes 🇬🇧: Fags

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Blue🩸 🦅 🦅3 months ago

@GloriaBanks

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Lili Gama3 months ago

Garbage - Trash

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Ruffin Perri-Greno3 months ago

Yeah

〓〓 ꕷꔵꘘꕸ 𝟛𝟝 〓〓 ❤️🖤's profile picture
〓〓 ꕷꔵꘘꕸ 𝟛𝟝 〓〓 ❤️🖤3 months ago

cop = policeman police=police

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Old Chameli3 months ago

Tap = faucet

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Botho3 months ago

In South Africa we are both

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TC_with NF-13 months ago

Boot — Trunk

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Nomad3 months ago

In some of these cases, both words are used interchangeably in America.

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Optimus_Mega3 months ago

Film doesn't really mean movie because a TV Show is still a Film. Movies are films but of a specific longform and non-serialized format.

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Ruffin Perri-Greno3 months ago

Yeah

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Chon Park | Korea Photography3 months ago

알기쉽게 비교하셨네요, 탱큐!

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Bradley B. Smith3 months ago

We say police, taxi, sofa, film, and holiday. Also, sofa and couch are two different things.

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渡しログ 🇯🇵3 months ago

These terms have also been imported in Japan and are pronounced using Katakana. the meaning in Japanese is also slightly off. 😅

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Ruffin Perri-Greno3 months ago

Like seriously

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𝐌𝐎𝐋🦅🦅🦅3 months ago

Couch

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Olakunle 'Seun 👦3 months ago

@B_BEST_GUN There is taxi cab, torchlight, chemist which is a smaller version of pharmacist

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El Jefe JayO3 months ago

American English we use Police and Cop Sofa and couch Film and movie Taxi and Cab

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Ruffin Perri-Greno3 months ago

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