Re: [WikiEN-l] British-American dictionary

2009-08-31 Thread Steve Bennett
On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 11:55 PM, wrote: > Here's one > http://www.travelfurther.net/dictionaries/ba-tz.htm It's so interesting, as an australian, seeing which of each of those pairs looks normal to me. Eg, Garden (not yard), Gas or Natural Gas both seem ok to me, Pickle (US) not Gherkin, Give Wa

Re: [WikiEN-l] British-American dictionary

2009-08-30 Thread WJhonson
Here's one http://www.travelfurther.net/dictionaries/ba-tz.htm he doesn't have "Trolley" though, I think that's one of the funniest ones he doesnt list To Brits a trolley is the cart you push around a grocery store. To Americans a trolley is a streetcar usually electric and old-fashioned and qu