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To the staff of MES (now a comparison of transatlantic slang!)
Calum:
the rest of the english speaking world...
so the canadians spell it right too do they? what about funny words like faucet and fall instead of tap and autumn, and dodgy meanings for words like vest and pants?
voidmain:
How about those words that are spelled the same but mean different things depending on which English speaking part of the world you are in? In America, "flat" is something you will become if you call someone a "fag". In the UK I have heard that many people smoke a "fag" in their "flat".
Calum:
:D
indeed, and if somebody over here tried to put on their pants and then walk out of their front door, they would get some very funny looks indeed!
gods, there must be hundreds, not that i can think of any right now...
voidmain:
What is the meaning of "pants" in the UK? I assume it means something other than what a dog does when he runs fast.
Calum:
this is the sort of image the word "pants' conjures up in the minds of most UK citizens:
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