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From: cjh@petsd.UUCP (Chris Henrich)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Re: Briticisms
Message-ID: <693@petsd.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 17-Dec-85 14:38:05 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec 17 14:38:05 1985
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In article <760@brl-tgr.ARPA> wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin ) writes:
>What does "subway" mean in Britain, then?
>...  Any other "unusual"
>Briticisms netlanders want to mention?

In Britain, a "subway" is usually a passageway under the
street, for pedestrians.  

My favorite transatlantic confuser is the distinction between
"in Maple Street" and "on Maple Street."  If I said to a
Briton "I live on Maple Street" he would have a momentary
vision of me pitching my tent atop the yellow line.  He would
say "I live in Windermere Crescent" (or whatever).  The
idiomatic distinction is precisely switched in the USA (I
think Canadian usage resembles that of the USA here).

Regards,
Chris

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