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Sankari Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

No-no words in American English

Can anyone please list me no-no words in American English ( By no-no words, I mean, the words that are not used by Americans)
  

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Never walk into a pub in American and say "I want to *** a ***". This perfectly polite British request for a cigarette would have an entirely different meaning on the other side of the Atlantic. Rommie

— Rommie

  • Never walk into a pub in American and say "I want to *** a ***".
  • This perfectly polite British request for a cigarette would have an entirely different meaning on the other side of the Atlantic.
  • Rommie
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Never walk into a pub in American and say "I want to *** a ***". This perfectly polite British request for a cigarette would have an entirely different meaning on the other side of the Atlantic.

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I haven't figured out if the British expletive "bollocks" has made it across the Atlantic yet. There seems to be a rule on "Star Trek" that the characters can swear freely, but only in foreign languages, which is why you'll hear Captain Picard utter "***" from time to time, but will never say the same word in English. Miles O'Brien said "Bollocks!" once in an episode of DS9, which surprised me wh
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Classic one Rommie, I quit **** last December!!!

I didn't think Americans used bollocks - WHAT, you don't have a cigarette? Bollocks, I wanted to *** a ***!
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My apologies, sankari, for not answering the original question. I got carried away with speaking in jest.

In my opinion there are NO words which are forbidden in American English. Once upon a time, it may have been true that there were words (such as "sidewalk") which were usable only on one side of the Atlantic, and other words (such as "pavement") which were usable only on the other s
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