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The word 'buss' is an English word that seems to have fallen out of the American language. What other English words aren't used in America?

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cyber34 cyber34
 
 March 10, 2009 07:07 PM
Here's an extensive list of them
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_British_words_not_widely_used_in_the_United_States

I think people need to use the world welly more.
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mamakin mamakin
 
March 10, 2009 11:24 PM
wow! thanks for posting that link....maybe now, when i talk with my british friends, i'll have some place to look when i have no idea what they're on about ^_^

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drmatt drmatt
 
March 10, 2009 06:56 PM
Lorrie, windscreen, boot, petrol

I'm sure there's a whole bunch of them...

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rachel1919 rachel1919
 
March 10, 2009 07:04 PM
Arse means ass. Excuse my language but it is the only one that I can think of off the top of my head. I am sure more will come to mind soon.

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angilla angilla
 
March 10, 2009 07:33 PM
LOL the only one I could think of is worse, with "fag" meaning cigarette in England and... well... everyone knows what it means here.

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rachel1919 rachel1919
 
March 10, 2009 07:41 PM
Haha! Yeah, isn't it funny that when someone asks you what words you know in another language it always seems to be the bad words. I can tell you a ton of Spanish, Yiddish and Italian words but they will all be the nasty ones. I wonder why that is?

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