Have you replaced any British words with their American versions? (feddit.uk)

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For example, switching out the word 'boot' for 'trunk', or ditching the word 'rubbish' for 'garbage'.

This is something I've noticed my 6 year old does pretty regularly. We went through a stage where 'sweets' became 'candy', 'holiday' became 'vacation' and 'courgette' became 'zucchini'.

That last one didn't happen but if you're still reading you've got my respect, or as the Americans might say '...mad props'.

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[-] peto@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago

I quite like shop in the sense of workshop, and I also rather like y'all.

I also often refer to whisky as scotch, though I feel like that is as much about making myself understood.

[-] Deebster@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago

Y'all is great, but I can't use it without sounding like I'm taking the piss.

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