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Old 23-Feb-2007, 22:19
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Default Re: Canadian vocab vs American and British

Hello Monia

I'm not sure if you want my comments (I'm a BrE speaker), but here they are:

1. odour, colour, centre, foetus, licence/license [both; former as noun, latter as verb], dialogue [except in an IT connection, where I would talk about a "dialog box"], jewelry, criticise/criticize [both: the former at work, the latter in my own time], formulae/formulas [both; the former in a scientific or technical context, the latter elsewhere], tyre, program/programme [both; the former in an IT context, the latter for e.g. tv programmes]

2. serviette, chesterfield [neither]

3. autumn, biscuit/cookie [both], chemist's, crisps, football, garden, lift

All the best,

MrP
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