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There are ordinary English words that I grew up using a fair amount but are barely ever used in the US. “Shirking” (as in shirking responsibilities) is one of them. There are many others I notice, but I can’t think of them off the top of my head because I’ve been Americanized.
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Also some turns of phrase, na? “Come what may...” Drawing room-cum-kitchen “Here!” - as a teacher’s warning remand “You see?” Palm it off.
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Back in Australia after many years in USA and am rediscovering these. We join queues not lines. We reckon, not guess. It seems endless! But let us not talk about “Monday week” or “tomorrow fortnight” - there be dragons!
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when I lived in England 2-3 years back I was surprised about how much of what I thought was "archaic language" was part of "normal conversation" there.
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