And GBS was only talking about AE and BE! Luckily we foreigners read as many American novels as we do British - which might mean we use the wrong word on the wrong continent. In this case you could use the AE term 'mailed' instead, which sounds quite foreign to my ears.

I love to hear the different nuances. We keep learning, we keep these brais working.

I also take my hat off to all the Cuties who's first language is not English. Being English myself these ladies can certainly teach me a thing or two, especially with my spelling LOL!!! Mind you Churchill could not spell either.......

I find all this wonderful !!! But, I confessed : times I confuse myself, so, I prefer to do not answer.
A hug, my dear!

Sue, having just returned (yesterday) from a trip to visit my daughter and family in the UK, I cannot imagine going to a country where I didn't at least understood "some" of the words. How the two Englishs could be so different! I tried asking for the waterproof pants that cover cloth diapers in a Babies R Us. I was shown diaper liners that go inside the diaper. Here in the US they are called rubber pants. And of course a diaper is a nappie and I believe the cloth diapers are called washable nappies instead. Had a great time! The English people were very friendly and the scenery breathtaking.

I applaud all those who reply here in English and it is not their native language. Becky

All of the language differences are an education in itself - I love it and embrace all of our differences! Isn't it wonderful!

How right you are. I still well remember when I was visiting my DH when he was in Yorkshire area, and we went to a site and when the guard was speaking to me, I just looked at my DH and they chuckled, and the guy asked my DH if I could not understand the Queen's English. I did not catch a thing he was saying to me. I guess the joke was on me. LOL

By the way Sue, has any Secret Easter Bunnies been posted on the site as yet. Are you going to be doing 1 post so that all the pictures and thanks can be all together. Hugs Yvonne

I knew what you meant. But I understand the confusion. Words mean so many different things to different people and different backgrounds. We have a friend in our dance group who is from Germany, and words or phrases we take for granted get confused looks and questions from her. Once its explained she laughs a long with us or to herself sometimes. My husband once said "I got to see a man about a horse." She asked can I come with? And the guys almost busted a gut laughing. I had to explain to her that meant he was going to head to the bathroom. Poor girl was so embarrased, because shes a horse lover and really thought he was going to go outside to see a man about a horse. So if I hear something thats American slang when shes with I explain what was mean if she has a confused look on her face so she can join in on the joke.

I have a brother that speaks five different languages so have learned a lot about different countries their cultures and word origins. It's important to learn something new every day and having cuties from around the world has been a wonderful source of knowledge.