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Thread #46154   Message #683702
Posted By: Jim Dixon
05-Apr-02 - 10:50 AM
Thread Name: BS: American English Bl**p*rs
Subject: RE: BS: American English Bl**p*rs
An American teenager in London: "Ee-ee-ew! They put squash in their pop!"

(In Britain, squash is a drink made from diluted fruit juice. What Americans call lemonade is what Brits would call lemon squash. What Brits call lemonade is what Americans call 7-Up. What Americans call squash is something that, as far as I know, doesn't even exist in Britain: a kind of edible gourd.)