oh, for heavens' sake

[winterbadger]

as seen on brits_americans

As a US citizen living in London, Christian Cox says she is shocked at the amount of abuse she receives because of her nationality.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4881474.stm

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[pusscat.livejournal.com]

The UK v. US English thing works both ways - a couple of years ago I went to see one of my favourite (children's) writers, Lauren Child, at the book festival. One of her books is called "My Uncle is a Hunkle, Says Clarice Bean" and she was told she would have to change the title in America because the word "hunkle" doesn't mean anything there. Wonder what those same people would have made of Dr Seuss?