today’s gripe: Americans saying a different word is used in the UK when that word is actually used in the entire rest of the English-speaking world (see “cider”)
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Another great example is an "entrée", which must be confusing for people eating at a US restaurant for the first time
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oh no what is an “entrée” in the US I'm scared to look
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it’s a main dish. :>
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somehow I missed this when I was in the states
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even worse, it's not.. everywhere in the US
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Even a an American I'm still not sure how to say "lunch" everywhere I go
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oh god what have they done to lunch?
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lunch is actually dinner
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also if you ask for breakfast you get dessert