Pauline
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There are many differences between British and American English, in use of words and pronunciation, and I still notice them after 7 years here.
One expression that amazes me is that Brits call anything you walk on "the floor". For example, "I came out of the pub and sat down on the floor". I hear "floor" used like this all the time. To me a floor is in a building. Outside it is the ground. "I stumbled out of the pub and sat on the ground". Or sat on the sidewalk, which Brits call "the pavement".
What differences have you run across?
One expression that amazes me is that Brits call anything you walk on "the floor". For example, "I came out of the pub and sat down on the floor". I hear "floor" used like this all the time. To me a floor is in a building. Outside it is the ground. "I stumbled out of the pub and sat on the ground". Or sat on the sidewalk, which Brits call "the pavement".
What differences have you run across?