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Britishisms and Anglophilia - Mencken has a great, if dated, list of comparisons between the British and American words here.
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advert   has been listed 7 times with 2 comments
aluminium   has been listed 10 times with 3 comments
banger   has been listed 3 times with 4 comments
bin   has been listed 4 times with 1 comment
bint   has been listed 9 times with 2 comments
blimey   has been listed 26 times with 17 comments
bollocks   has been listed 43 times with 2 comments
bonkers   has been listed 14 times with 2 comments
bracken   has been listed 19 times with 7 comments
cark   has been listed 8 times with 8 comments
chuffed   has been listed 13 times with 3 comments
constable   has been listed 9 times with 0 comments
crikey   has been listed 16 times with 5 comments
crumpet   has been listed 28 times with 2 comments
gobsmacked   has been listed 31 times with 0 comments
gormless   has been listed 48 times with 20 comments
huzzah   has been listed 38 times with 6 comments
ironmonger   has been listed 7 times with 0 comments
laddish   has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
lift   has been listed 17 times with 1 comment
loo   has been listed 11 times with 1 comment
loverly   has been listed 8 times with 0 comments
minge   has been listed 7 times with 1 comment
minger   has been listed 7 times with 5 comments
mobile   has been listed 11 times with 6 comments
monkey-nut   has been listed 1 time with 3 comments
naught   has been listed 12 times with 0 comments
navvy   has been listed 7 times with 3 comments
parcel   has been listed 12 times with 1 comment
peckish   has been listed 23 times with 9 comments
plonker   has been listed 11 times with 0 comments
ponce   has been listed 9 times with 1 comment
privy   has been listed 21 times with 6 comments
queue   has been listed 51 times with 8 comments
rubbish   has been listed 32 times with 2 comments
sarnie   has been listed 2 times with 6 comments
satchel   has been listed 17 times with 0 comments
scarper   has been listed 6 times with 5 comments
sellotape   has been listed 2 times with 3 comments
shilling shocker   has been listed 1 time with 2 comments
starkers   has been listed 2 times with 0 comments
stroppy   has been listed 8 times with 1 comment
sweetmeats   has been listed 5 times with 0 comments
tip   has been listed 7 times with 1 comment
toasty   has been listed 8 times with 0 comments
tosh   has been listed 8 times with 0 comments
treacle   has been listed 46 times with 2 comments
trivet   has been listed 15 times with 2 comments
wankery   has been listed 3 times with 1 comment
wherrit   has been listed 3 times with 7 comments
whinge   has been listed 19 times with 3 comments
yob   has been listed 8 times with 1 comment
yonks   has been listed 10 times with 6 comments
zounds   has been listed 31 times with 4 comments
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7 months ago arby said:

Thanks c_b!! I love England too, and its words crack me up.

Signed,

Belatedly Catching Up on Comments

9 months ago chained_bear said:

I favorited this list. It reminds me of England, which I love (*swoons*).

OK, I agree that was a lame-ass comment, but I felt compelled to share.

9 months ago arby said:

Thanks RT!!

9 months ago reesetee said:

Fun list! :-)

9 months ago arby said:

Why thank you, sirrah! I'll be looking over your recent additions to find more to add.

9 months ago yarb said:

This is a tidy list. You'll be wanting minger for starters.

about 1 year ago Valse said:

For American news junkies (news junkies from America, that is) like myself, the BBC news site is great when you wanna be up to date on the latest international rows--and there are no adverts as far as I've seen.

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