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To: davemac.439

I know the Brits pronounce words differently, but they spell ‘defense’ as ‘defence?”


2 posted on 05/28/2013 3:24:55 AM PDT by autumnraine (America how long will you be so deaf and dumb to thoe tumbril wheels carrying you to the guillotine?)
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To: autumnraine

Yes.


4 posted on 05/28/2013 3:28:09 AM PDT by rickmichaels
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To: autumnraine

Tyre, kerb, honour, labour.... the list goes on and on.


5 posted on 05/28/2013 3:29:03 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I'll raise $2million for Sarah Palin's next run. What'll you do?)
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To: autumnraine

They also spell “gasoline” as “p-e-t-r-o-l”.


7 posted on 05/28/2013 3:43:46 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: autumnraine

Yep. They do that in Canada, too. As a hockey fan, it was kind of strange seeing the word “defenceman” on a hockey roster for the first time. LOL.


12 posted on 05/28/2013 4:13:16 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I am the master of my fate ... I am the captain of my soul.")
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To: autumnraine

tyre=tire... there’s a bunch.


18 posted on 05/28/2013 5:33:59 AM PDT by Irenic (The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheel barrow)
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To: autumnraine

The one that really annoys me is how they pronounce Schedule.


21 posted on 05/28/2013 6:25:37 AM PDT by RummyChick
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