Words Brits use that Americans don't?

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    Yes I do. I made a Chinese banquet.

    Do you have a bash in USA?
    iT means a party.
     
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  3. We do say bash. But rarely say a do
     
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    I will do the food thread tomorrow.
    I promise. xxx
    I cook chips fries are too thin.
     
  5. But sometimes we say a big to do for a party
     
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    Oh, we have posh Do's. Or Soiree lol
     
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  7. I see that on tv. Going to a do.
     
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    We used to call Tv the box.
    Now it is flat we say TV. lol
     
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    I think we still refer as the box like the CH4 programme GoggleBox for example
     
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    I mostly say Telly.
     
  11. My parents said idiot box. If we watched it too much
     
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    Thats an older reference but still used
     
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    From my Dad. x
     
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    Exactly mine was the same xx xx xx
     
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    Royal Mail


    Her Majesty's Prison Service
    Government ministry
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    Love the prison service, keeps them old lags locked up.
     
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    How do cook swade shoes? I had a pair in the sixty's hushpuppies.
     
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    So you batter the swade shoes? this will never be hit, cant beat cod and chips.
     

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