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HoboBen
Created : 29 November 2009
Edited : 29 November 2009

List of words having different meanings in British and American English



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_words_having_different_meanings_in_British_and_American_English
Most notably, the world "dice" in UK English can be used as a singular as opposed to the word "die" as American English.

People have lied to me about this.

(backed up by other wikipedia articles, but then again [citation needed]!)

 

Comments
Sunday, 29 November 2009, 10:03
shroom_monk
 		Actually, I'm pretty sure it should be 'die' in the singular and 'dice' in the plural in both forms of English, just we're too lazy to bother!
Sunday, 29 November 2009, 13:13
CodersRule
 		About 93% of the idiotic Americans here use 'dice' as a singular noun, but it's incorrect >.>

EDIT:
What?!
'Dirt' doesn't mean soil in British English?!
Sunday, 29 November 2009, 17:22
steve_ancell
 		I've noticed one thing here in South UK, a lot of the Snobby people seem to be replacing the word "Flat" with "Apartment"
Wednesday, 02 December 2009, 15:30
Jayenkai
 		It's TV that's to blame. All these Americanised words are coming across because we watch all the US shows.
Then, rather than putting up with our English, they throw our shows away and remake them.

*sigh* (Yes, I have only just got around to reading this topic..!)
Thursday, 03 December 2009, 01:17
JL235
CodersRule 'Dirt' doesn't mean soil in British English?!
Yes, of course it means soil. I think this one is incorrect.
Thursday, 03 December 2009, 01:45
steve_ancell
 		When I was a kid, soil was known as mud.