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Old 16-February-2006, 03:19 PM
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Originally Posted by noha
I have been living in the U.S. all my life and i moved to London this year and when we were in the U.S. i didn’t think the differences would matter but they did. I mean they would ( some times ) understand what I am saying but it does make a difference and no offence but I don’t really like their accents :

In U.S. in London
Cell phone mobile
Pants trousers
Trash rubbish
Underwear pants
Apartment flat
Candy sweets
Eraser rubber
Vacuum cleaner hover
Sweatshirt jumper
Bathroom toilets
The most annoying ( I don’t know why this really ticks me off but )
Soccer Football
Trunk Boot
Hood Bonnet
Truck Lorrie
Dishwashing Liquid Washing Up liquid
Take out or Carry Out Take away
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