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Thread #23248   Message #256687
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
12-Jul-00 - 05:39 PM
Thread Name: Help: English Idiom Dictionary
Subject: RE: Help: English Idiom Dictionary
Is there a good source somewhere for sorting out the differences between English English and American English. I mean where the same ordinary words have significantly different meaning.

I still remember during the Louise Woodward trial, at one point the crucial issue was a clear misunderstanding about the widely divergent meaning of the words "regular" and "pop" on the two sides of the Atlantic, which the defence appeared to miss completely.