Now I wanna know what the reverse Americanism you don't understand are
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"check the box"? We say "tick".
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yeah you you like understaand
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Replying to @elneurozorro @o_guest and
i think the american slang most ripe for mis-understanding is "sick"
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I think that one's known here at least. But yes, it is confusing.
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My favourite is pavement (UK) = sidewalk (USA) because pavement (US) = the surface of the road. This shit can get to killed.
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sooo what do you guys call road surface? road surface?
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Asphalt
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Huh, asphalt (አስፋልት) also in my language, Amharic
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I'm not a representative British English speaker though. Also yes, we have it in Greek too άσφαλτος. If it's from Greek it sounds like it
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means "without flaw".
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