Words that cause a double take (add to the list please...)
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Words that cause a double take (add to the list please...)
Words that are quite different between Canada and the UK
Please add to the list.
I'll start with these lame ones:
Loo (washroom)
Lift (elevator)
Wuss
Please add to the list.
I'll start with these lame ones:
Loo (washroom)
Lift (elevator)
Wuss
Last edited by segs; Jul 3rd 2015 at 4:04 am.
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Re: Words that cause a double take (add to the list please...)
Fag
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Bonnet
Boot
Boot
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Rubber
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Re: Words that cause a double take (add to the list please...)
Buy the book
Divided by a common language
It got pages and pages on this.......
Divided by a common language
It got pages and pages on this.......
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Re: Words that cause a double take (add to the list please...)
Shag (dramatically different meaning on either side of the pond). If a young man in the US (esp the South) picked up his date and told her father they were going shagging he would likely be wished well by her father.
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Re: Words that cause a double take (add to the list please...)
Pants and vest