We park on a driveway. Americans drive on a parkway. ???
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I'm from an ex-colony so I lose track of what's International VS British English — we used to say cubbyhole though.
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Agree. Still don't say "diary" for calendar.
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Do you say sKedule (US) or SHedule (UK)? I've always said the latter but partner interference is strong.
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Definitely sKedule. Pronunciation seems way more resistant to change than word choice & phrasing IME
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Interesting because I have absolute opposite experience. I changed my accent and often switch back and forth but not changed my vocabulary.
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I come from a diglossic culture though. I also have no (anglo)Cypriot accent whatsoever, I totally lost it after living in UK after 3 years
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Now I've been here for a decade+ and my partner is American so I switch between US (my rendition) and UK (again my rendition) so much that
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