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

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I'm old enough to mostly have a British vocabulary. And, although I did live in Yanklandia for a year I seem to have come out relatively unscathed.

My kids (who watch too much Youtube) use a lot of American words and pronunciations. It's an ongoing struggle to get my daughter to say tom-ah-to.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Just wait till she's having taters

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Tomato, tom-ah-to. Potato, poh-ta-to.