A). Lucky is what we say mostly in the uk Fortunate means the same i think but not heard anyone use that word in my 28 years lol. But as you no lucky means something good happened or your lucky you dident get hurt or soemthing like that if that makes sence. b). Pillow means a long ish Pillow you use for bed you rest your head on it Cushion means its a sqare thing you put on your sofa not your bed. c). i guess fall because its easyer to remember when it is with leafs falling off the tree's but who nows why they say fall as im in the uk we dont say fall lol d). americans you dont say american people because of course there people lol but both make sence.
Lift is british Elevator we dont use in the uk. here we always always spell mum as mum in the usa they always spell it mom so you must been talking to a american at the time lol.
any more you would like to no the english word for just ask :)
everything makes perfect sense, thank you! i had no idea 'fortunate' was not a word commonly used anymore. and yes, i do talk to americans most of the times - they make up the majority of the members of livejournal community i read!
thanks, i will ask you then if i need linguistic help again! :P
i was interested by this post and googled to look for the list of comparisons between american/british english, and got a long wikipedia article. but from reading that, apparently 'fall' was used in england as well a few hundred years ago, but just gradually became obsolete. but it makes sense that it's still used in america since everyone was emmigrating from england at a time when 'fall' wasn't obsolete here.
been trying to think of some more americanisms that are not used in england, but my mind is blank at the moment. i had remembered quite a few when i was in america/ when my american friend was staying with me, but it's much easier when you have americanisms everywhere to prompt you!
an obvious one though is americans never have u's in any of their spellings... like we spell favourite with a u, whereas they'd write favorite. and color vs colour as well. i'll try and think of more stuff.
do you use fortunate as a synonym for lucky, or do you give it a (even slightly) different meaning? thanks for explaining the 'fall' thing! i feel somehow reassured now that i know it's not a word they made up randomly, but there is a reason for it.
i've noticed about the "u"s, and i've also seen that some different spellings have been officially accepted as 'american spellings', for example 'tonite' instead of 'tonight', 'gray' for 'grey' or 'check' for 'cheque'. and i've also read on wikipedia somewhere that, like the missing "u"s, sometimes americans turn the "c"s into "s"s in words like defence, offence, licence, etc. if you think of more words/difference, please share! i find this stuff really interesting.
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b). Pillow means a long ish Pillow you use for bed you rest your head on it Cushion means its a sqare thing you put on your sofa not your bed.
c). i guess fall because its easyer to remember when it is with leafs falling off the tree's but who nows why they say fall as im in the uk we dont say fall lol
d). americans you dont say american people because of course there people lol but both make sence.
Lift is british Elevator we dont use in the uk.
here we always always spell mum as mum in the usa they always spell it mom so you must been talking to a american at the time lol.
any more you would like to no the english word for just ask :)
hope what i put makes sence
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and yes, i do talk to americans most of the times - they make up the majority of the members of livejournal community i read!
thanks, i will ask you then if i need linguistic help again! :P
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i was interested by this post and googled to look for the list of comparisons between american/british english, and got a long wikipedia article. but from reading that, apparently 'fall' was used in england as well a few hundred years ago, but just gradually became obsolete. but it makes sense that it's still used in america since everyone was emmigrating from england at a time when 'fall' wasn't obsolete here.
been trying to think of some more americanisms that are not used in england, but my mind is blank at the moment. i had remembered quite a few when i was in america/ when my american friend was staying with me, but it's much easier when you have americanisms everywhere to prompt you!
an obvious one though is americans never have u's in any of their spellings... like we spell favourite with a u, whereas they'd write favorite. and color vs colour as well. i'll try and think of more stuff.
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thanks for explaining the 'fall' thing! i feel somehow reassured now that i know it's not a word they made up randomly, but there is a reason for it.
i've noticed about the "u"s, and i've also seen that some different spellings have been officially accepted as 'american spellings', for example 'tonite' instead of 'tonight', 'gray' for 'grey' or 'check' for 'cheque'. and i've also read on wikipedia somewhere that, like the missing "u"s, sometimes americans turn the "c"s into "s"s in words like defence, offence, licence, etc.
if you think of more words/difference, please share! i find this stuff really interesting.
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