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12 Words With Slightly Different Meanings in British English & US English

August 29, 2021 by I Heart Britain

Until you take in a fair amount of both cultures, it’s hard to overlook just how many language differences there are between the US and UK. Some words are different in big and obvious ways, like candyfloss and cotton candy or aubergine and eggplant. Others are basically the same, but with slightly different spellings or …

The Hierarchy of British Profanity in 5 Levels

January 30, 2021February 11, 2020 by I Heart Britain

WARNING: This post contains off-colour language. It’s all quite clinical, but if that sort of thing offends you, this is your warning to click away to something safer – like the 1995 version of Pride & Prejudice with Colin Firth. Sometimes, overly eager Anglophiles and travellers get hold of some British slang and start using …