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HoboBen
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List of words having different meanings in British and American Englishhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_words_having_different_meanings_in_British_and_American_English |
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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]!) |
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| Sunday, 29 November 2009, 10:03 | |
shroom_monk
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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!
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| Sunday, 29 November 2009, 13:13 | |
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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?! 
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| Sunday, 29 November 2009, 17:22 | |
steve_ancell
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I've noticed one thing here in South UK, a lot of the Snobby people seem to be replacing the word "Flat" with "Apartment"
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| Wednesday, 02 December 2009, 15:30 | |
Jayenkai
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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..!)
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| Thursday, 03 December 2009, 01:17 | |
JL235
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CodersRule Yes, of course it means soil. I think this one is incorrect.
 'Dirt' doesn't mean soil in British English?! |
| Thursday, 03 December 2009, 01:45 | |
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steve_ancell
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When I was a kid, soil was known as mud.
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